label

la|bel¹ W3 [ˈleıbəl] n

↑label

[Date: 1200-1300; : Old French; Origin: 'long narrow piece of cloth']

1.) a piece of paper or another material that is attached to something and gives information about it

▪ a luggage label

on the label

▪ It says 'Dry clean' on the label.

2.) a word or phrase which is used to describe a person, group, or thing, but which is unfair or not correct

▪ Men these days have to avoid attracting the 'sexist' label.

3.) a record company

▪ their new release on the Ace Sounds label

4.) designer label

clothes made by fashionable companies

▪ Fancy designer labels tend to come with fancy price tags to match.

→↑own label

label ²

label² past tense and past participle labelled present participle labelling BrE past tense and past participle labeled present participle labeling AmE

v [T]

1.) to attach a label onto something or write information on something

▪ Label the diagram clearly.

label sth sth

▪ The file was labelled `Top Secret'.

label sth with sth

▪ Each bag of seeds is labelled with the grower's name.

2.) to use a word or phrase to describe someone or something, but often unfairly or incorrectly

label sb/sth (as) sth

▪ The newspapers had unjustly labelled him a troublemaker.

▪ The regime was inevitably labelled as 'communist'.