'Label' definitions:
Definition of 'label'
From: WordNet
noun
A brief description given for purposes of identification; "the label Modern is applied to many different kinds of architecture"
noun
Trade name of a company that produces musical recordings; "the artists and repertoire department of a recording label is responsible for finding new talent" [syn: label, recording label]
noun
A radioactive isotope that is used in a compound in order to trace the mechanism of a chemical reaction
noun
An identifying or descriptive marker that is attached to an object
verb
Assign a label to; designate with a label; "These students were labelled `learning disabled'"
verb
verb
verb
Distinguish (as a compound or molecule) by introducing a labeled atom
verb
Distinguish (an element or atom) by using a radioactive isotope or an isotope of unusual mass for tracing through chemical reactions
Definition of 'Label'
From: GCIDE
- Label \La"bel\ (l[=a]"b[e^]l), n. [OF. label sort of ribbon or fringe, label in heraldry, F. lambeau shred, strip, rag; of uncertain origin; cf. L. labellum, dim. of labrum lip, edge, margin, G. lappen flap, patch, rag, tatter (cf. Lap of a dress), W. llab, llabed, label, flap, Gael. leab, leob, slice, shred, hanging lip.]
- 1. A tassel. [Obs.] --Huloet. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A slip of silk, paper, parchment, etc., affixed to anything, and indicating, usually by an inscription, the contents, ownership, destination, etc.; as, the label of a bottle or a package. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A slip of ribbon, parchment, etc., attached to a document to hold the appended seal; also, the seal. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A writing annexed by way of addition, as a codicil added to a will. [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Her.) A barrulet, or, rarely, a bendlet, with pendants, or points, usually three, especially used as a mark of cadency to distinguish an eldest or only son while his father is still living. [1913 Webster]
- 6. A brass rule with sights, formerly used, in connection with a circumferentor, to take altitudes. --Knight. [1913 Webster]
- 7. (Gothic Arch.) The name now generally given to the projecting molding by the sides, and over the tops, of openings in medi[ae]val architecture. It always has a square form, as in the illustration. --Arch. Pub. Soc. [1913 Webster]
- 8. In medi[ae]val art, the representation of a band or scroll containing an inscription. --Fairholt. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Label'
From: GCIDE
Synonyms of 'label'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- achievement,
- alerion,
- animal charge,
- annulet,
- appellation,
- appellative,
- argent,
- armorial bearings,
- armory,
- arms,
- azure,
- bandeau,
- baptize,
- bar,
- bar sinister,
- baton,
- bearings,
- bend,
- bend sinister,
- billet,
- billhead,
- binomen,
- binomial name,
- blazon,
- blazonry,
- blood,
- book stamp,
- bookplate,
- bordure,
- bracket,
- branch,
- brand,
- breed,
- broad arrow,
- byword,
- cachet,
- cadency mark,
- call,
- canton,
- cast,
- caste,
- categorize,
- category,
- chaplet,
- character,
- characterization,
- characterize,
- charge,
- check,
- chevron,
- chief,
- christen,
- clan,
- class,
- classification,
- classify,
- coat of arms,
- cockatrice,
- cognomen,
- colophon,
- color,
- coronet,
- counterfoil,
- countermark,
- crescent,
- crest,
- cross,
- cross moline,
- crown,
- cryptonym,
- define,
- denominate,
- denomination,
- describe,
- description,
- designate,
- designation,
- device,
- difference,
- differencing,
- division,
- docket,
- dub,
- eagle,
- earmark,
- empty title,
- entitle,
- epithet,
- eponym,
- ermine,
- ermines,
- erminites,
- erminois,
- escutcheon,
- estate,
- euonym,
- falcon,
- feather,
- fess,
- fess point,
- field,
- file,
- flanch,
- fleur-de-lis,
- form,
- fret,
- fur,
- fusil,
- garland,
- genre,
- genus,
- government mark,
- government stamp,
- grade,
- grain,
- griffin,
- group,
- grouping,
- gules,
- gyron,
- hallmark,
- handle,
- hatchment,
- head,
- heading,
- helmet,
- heraldic device,
- honor point,
- honorific,
- hyponym,
- identification,
- identifier,
- identify,
- ilk,
- impalement,
- impaling,
- imprint,
- inescutcheon,
- kidney,
- kin,
- kind,
- letterhead,
- level,
- line,
- lion,
- logo,
- logotype,
- lot,
- lozenge,
- make,
- manner,
- mantling,
- mark,
- marker,
- marshaling,
- martlet,
- mascle,
- masthead,
- metal,
- mold,
- moniker,
- motto,
- mullet,
- name,
- namesake,
- nature,
- nickname,
- nombril point,
- nomen,
- nomen nudum,
- nominate,
- number,
- octofoil,
- or,
- order,
- ordinary,
- orle,
- pale,
- paly,
- pean,
- peg,
- persuasion,
- pheon,
- phylum,
- pigeonhole,
- plate,
- portray,
- position,
- predicament,
- price tag,
- proper name,
- proper noun,
- purpure,
- quarter,
- quartering,
- race,
- rank,
- rating,
- registered trademark,
- rose,
- rubric,
- running head,
- running title,
- sable,
- saltire,
- scientific name,
- scutcheon,
- seal,
- secret name,
- section,
- sept,
- set,
- shape,
- shield,
- sigil,
- signet,
- sobriquet,
- sort,
- species,
- specify,
- spread eagle,
- stamp,
- station,
- status,
- sticker,
- strain,
- stratum,
- stripe,
- stub,
- style,
- subdivision,
- subgroup,
- suborder,
- subordinary,
- tab,
- tag,
- tally,
- tautonym,
- tenne,
- term,
- the like of,
- the likes of,
- ticket,
- tincture,
- title,
- title page,
- token,
- torse,
- trade name,
- trademark,
- trademark name,
- tressure,
- tribe,
- trinomen,
- trinomial name,
- type,
- unicorn,
- vair,
- variety,
- vert,
- wreath,
- yale