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laboratory   (TTS Sound)

The noun laboratory has 2 senses

• lab, laboratory, research lab, research laboratory, science lab, science laboratory -- (a workplace for the conduct of scientific research)


• testing ground, laboratory -- (a region resembling a laboratory inasmuch as it offers opportunities for observation and practice and experimentation; "the new nation is a testing ground for socioeconomic theories"; "Pakistan is a laboratory for studying the use of American troops to combat terrorism")