laboratory B1 Topic:Science & Research US /ˈlæb(ə)ɹəˌtɔɹi/ UK /ləˈbɒɹətɹi/ See IPA manual Freq #6012 Meanings 1 noun A room or building equipped for scientific research, experiments, or analysis. The samples were sent to the laboratory for testing. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a room or building equipped... lab More laboratorium Word family Forms laboratories Derived forms biolaboratorycollaboratoryinterlaboratoryintralaboratorylaboratorianlaboratorilylaboratoristlaboratoryfullaboratorywaremultilaboratorynonlaboratory Common collocations physics laboratory Noun + noun Etymology AI details Borrowed from Medieval Latin labōrātōrium. Topics Science & Research External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # laboratory **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈlæb(ə)ɹəˌtɔɹi/ **IPA (UK):** /ləˈbɒɹətɹi/ **Frequency rank:** 6012 ## Meanings 1. A room or building equipped for scientific research, experiments, or analysis. ## Examples - The samples were sent to the laboratory for testing. ## Synonyms - lab - laboratorium ## Derived Forms - biolaboratory - collaboratory - interlaboratory - intralaboratory - laboratorian - laboratorily - laboratorist - laboratoryful - laboratoryware - multilaboratory - nonlaboratory ## Etymology Borrowed from Medieval Latin labōrātōrium. ## AI Etymology Laboratory is borrowed from Medieval Latin labōrātōrium. ## Topics - Science & Research markdown