label

Definition

• n. a brief description given for purposes of identification
• n. trade name of a company that produces musical recordings
• n. a radioactive isotope that is used in a compound in order to trace the mechanism of a chemical reaction
• n. an identifying or descriptive marker that is attached to an object

Word forms

Past participle

labelled

Present participle

labelling

Past tense

labelled

Third person singular

labels

Example sentences

1. n.

   The label on the jar says it's organic honey.

2. vt.

   Please label the boxes so we know what’s inside.

3. n.

   You can use a label to identify the disk drive in your computer.