Results for label

Definitions of label:

part of speech: present participle

Labeling.

part of speech: verb

To attach a label to.

part of speech: noun

A small slip of writing affixed to anything to denote its contents, ownership, etc.: ( law) a paper annexed to a will, as a codicil: ( her.) a fillet with pendants: ( arch.) the dripstone over a Gothic window or doorway arch.

part of speech: verb transitive

To affix a label to:- pr. p. labelling; pa. t. and pa. p. labelled.

part of speech: noun

A small slip of paper, etc., attached to anything to show where it is to go, who owns it, etc.

part of speech: noun

A small slip of paper or parchment attached to anything, on which a writing is inscribed to tell its nature or contents, or on which an address is written; a thin brass rule, having a sight at one end, used for taking altitudes; a paper annexed to a will, as a codicil.

part of speech: verb transitive

To mark with a slip of paper, etc., showing ownership, contents, etc.; classify.

part of speech: past tense, past participle

Labled.

Usage examples for label:

• A locality label is pushed high up on a No. 3 or No. 4 pin, and one of the mounted rows of specimens is then pinned and pushed up near the locality label a second row is then pinned and pushed near the first row, and the same process continued with the third row and so on. "Directions for Collecting and Preserving Insects", C. V. Riley

• A label on each told who was the giver, and breathed of tender affection to her for whom it was prepared. "Grandmother Elsie", Martha Finley