a building or room equipped for conducting scientific research or for teaching practical science
b.
(as modifier)
laboratory equipment
2.
a place where chemicals or medicines are manufactured
Often shortened to: lab. See also language laboratory
Word origin
C17: from Medieval Latin labōrātōrium workshop, from Latin labōrāre to labour
Examples of 'laboratories' in a sentence
laboratories
`Either way you might like to bomb the research laboratories in Berlin-Dahlem.
Robert Wilson THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS (2002)
Today's biological and biomedical laboratories employ an array of different immunochemical techniques.
The Scientist (2000)
Most laboratories are pretty boring places most of the time.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Construction of new laboratories is not covered.
Houston Chronicle (2002)
He was also a frequent visitor to the company's laboratories.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
A university's assets include lecture theatres, libraries, and laboratories.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
Funding is also required for a network of mobile laboratories.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Some spas already have qualified doctors on the payroll, and their own state-of-the-art laboratories.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
So they divided up the remaining sequence and went back to their laboratories.
The Scientist (2001)
All related terms of 'laboratories'
elaboratory
a laboratory
laboratory
A laboratory is a building or a room where scientific experiments , analyses , and research are carried out.
space laboratory
any large manned artificial satellite designed to orbit the earth during a long period of time thus providing a base for scientific and medical research in space and a construction site, launch pad , and docking arrangements for spacecraft
language laboratory
A language laboratory is a classroom equipped with tape recorders or computers where people can practise listening to and talking foreign languages.
research laboratory
a laboratory for conducting research or investigations into science
space platform
any large manned artificial satellite designed to orbit the earth during a long period of time thus providing a base for scientific and medical research in space and a construction site, launch pad , and docking arrangements for spacecraft
space station
A space station is a place built for astronauts to live and work in, which is sent into space and then keeps going around the earth.