label
A small ticket or sign giving information about something to which it is attached or intended to be attached.
Example
“We laughed at her because the label was still on her new sweater.”
Other meanings
A name given to something or someone to categorise them as part of a particular social group.
“Ever since he started going to the rock club, he's been given the label "waster".”
A company that sells records.
“The label signed the band after hearing a demo tape.”
Related words
- biolabel
- colabel
- disklabel
- ecolabel
- immunolabel
- interlabel
- labelable
- labeler
- labelese
- labeller
- labelless
- labelmate
Example sentences
Word history
From Old French "label".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “label” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.