lablab /læb/ ●●● S3 noun [countable] informal 
Word Origin
the school science lab
Word OriginWORD ORIGINlab
ExamplesOrigin:
1 1800-1900 laboratory2 1900-2000 LabradorEXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
Collocations- As a stores manager, Horne finds that the quantity of 1,1,1 used in labs is small.
- He was known for facilitating the process whereby tumor markers, or lab tests for tumors, were brought into the marketplace.
- In the forties, many lab scientists labored at their benches pursuing vaccines with inactivated or killed viruses.
- It was a fun lab project.
- SunSoft Inc claims to have a multiprocessing version of Solaris 2.0-on-Intel running in the lab.
- The anti-viral drug has also been shown to inhibit the growth of borna virus in lab tests.
- This is Graham's lab of effusion.
- This is Gram's lab of diffusion.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► white
a laboratory: · In obligatory white lab coat and cotton cap he was touring the Boots factory in Airdrie.· He describes clusters of young workers dressed in white lab coats learning about the latest mechanical instrument introduced in the plant.
NOUN► coat· In obligatory white lab coat and cotton cap he was touring the Boots factory in Airdrie.· Diane came back without the lab coat.
► crime· The group is working to establish national crime lab standards.· He also criticized crime lab officials for not allowing him to do a proper evaluation of the case.
► photo· Your basic bad hair day at the photo lab.· When she did, on Nov. 2, two plainclothes detectives reported to the photo lab near Kendall Square.
► research· It is the first stand-alone research lab to be registered to ISO9001.· Here there may be a strong interaction with other areas of the local service-base, e.g. universities, industry research labs etc.· The research lab will form part of a space station.· What sorts of devices are available in research labs or in companies?· They raid research labs and let out the animals, that sort of thing.· Polythene was perhaps the most significant invention ever to come from our research labs.
► science· He says that they can make full use of the science labs and workshops.· Meanwhile a new school in Maine tried to do the same thing with its library, cafeteria and science lab.· Mum, did you know that our Lab is the oldest forensic science lab in the country?
► technician· Morenz would be caught by the police sooner or later, the lab technicians would be subpoenaed-it would make the scandal worse.· A beagle with her intestines lying on the concrete, and lab technicians microwaving animals out of boredom.
► test· He let me do lab tests sometimes.· The anti-viral drug has also been shown to inhibit the growth of borna virus in lab tests.· He was known for facilitating the process whereby tumor markers, or lab tests for tumors, were brought into the marketplace.· But only lab tests, he said, will prove a definitive link.
► work· By contrast, some past winners have lamented that the prize diverts them from their beloved lab work.· Today, an important scientific paper may represent the best thinking and patient lab work of hundreds of people.· You told me yourself it was unheard of for somebody like you to have done all that lab work by yourself.· He even does a bit of lab work.
VERB► run· Because these tests were run by a private lab at the request of a concerned supervisor at Tucson Water.
the school science lab