laboratory

noun

LAB-ruh-tor-ee/ˈlæb(ə)ɹəˌtɔɹi/luh-BO-ruh-tree/ləˈbɒɹətɹi/

2 meanings of laboratory

1
nouncountable
A place fitted with the equipment for scientific research, experiments, or analysis, from a single room to a whole building or institution.
Researchers spent months in the laboratory analyzing soil samples from the dig site.
The university's laboratories stay open to graduate students around the clock.
2
nouncountable
A facility that produces or prepares chemicals, drugs, or microorganisms.
Vaccines are produced in a laboratory under strict sterile conditions.
Investigators raided several clandestine laboratories manufacturing synthetic opioids.
Similarfacility, plant

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Borrowed from the Medieval Latin word "labōrātōrium."