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label   (TTS Sound)

The noun label has 4 senses

• label -- (a brief description given for purposes of identification; "the label Modern is applied to many different kinds of architecture")


• label, recording label -- (trade name of a company that produces musical recordings; "the artists and repertoire department of a recording label is responsible for finding new talent")


• label -- (a radioactive isotope that is used in a compound in order to trace the mechanism of a chemical reaction)


• label -- (an identifying or descriptive marker that is attached to an object)

The verb label has 5 senses

• label -- (assign a label to; designate with a label; "These students were labelled `learning disabled'")


• tag, label, mark -- (attach a tag or label to; "label these bottles")


• pronounce, label, judge -- (pronounce judgment on; "They labeled him unfit to work here")


• label -- (distinguish (as a compound or molecule) by introducing a labeled atom)


• label -- (distinguish (an element or atom) by using a radioactive isotope or an isotope of unusual mass for tracing through chemical reactions)