Hypertext Webster Gateway: "laboratory"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Laboratory \Lab"o*ra*to*ry\, n.; pl. {Laboratories}. [Shortened
fr. elaboratory; cf. OF. elaboratoire, F. laboratoire. See
{Elaborate}, {Labor.}] [Formerly written also {elaboratory.}]
The workroom of a chemist; also, a place devoted to
experiments in any branch of natural science; as, a chemical,
physical, or biological laboratory. Hence, by extension, a
place where something is prepared, or some operation is
performed; as, the liver is the laboratory of the bile.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
laboratory
n : a workplace for the conduct of scientific research [syn: {lab},
{research lab}, {research laboratory}, {science lab}, {science
laboratory}]
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