"Lab" meaning in English

See Lab in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: Abbreviation Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Lab
  1. (UK politics) Abbreviation of Labour. Tags: UK, abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: Labour
    Sense id: en-Lab-en-name-CaTeJg1H Categories (other): UK politics, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 38 0 7 45 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 23 30 4 8 36 Topics: government, politics
  2. (Canada) Alternative form of Lab., Abbreviation of Labrador: a region of Canada. Tags: Canada, abbreviation, alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: Lab., Labrador (extra: a region of Canada) Categories (place): Places in Canada
    Sense id: en-Lab-en-name-~fNqjHOu Categories (other): Canadian English, Abbreviations of political divisions, Geographic and cultural areas of Canada, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 38 0 7 45 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 23 30 4 8 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Etymology: From Serbo-Croatian Lab, from Лаб, from Thracian Alb. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|sh|Lab}} Serbo-Croatian Lab, {{der|en|txh|-}} Thracian Head templates: {{en-proper-noun}} Lab
  1. A river in Kosovo. Categories (place): Places in Kosovo, Rivers in Kosovo
    Sense id: en-Lab-en-name-FFlPgLRj
  2. A region of Kosovo. Categories (place): Places in Kosovo Synonyms: Llap
    Sense id: en-Lab-en-name-JExe8qPC Categories (other): Geographic and cultural areas of Kosovo
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Forms: Labs [plural]
Etymology: Abbreviation Head templates: {{en-noun}} Lab (plural Labs)
  1. (informal) Diminutive of Labrador, a breed of dog. Tags: diminutive, form-of, informal Form of: Labrador (extra: a breed of dog)
    Sense id: en-Lab-en-noun-Nm~0t8ev Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 38 0 7 45 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 23 30 4 8 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 32 2 5 44
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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