la·bel (l  b l)n. 1. An item used to identify something or someone, as a small piece of paper or cloth attached to an article to designate its origin, owner, contents, use, or destination. 2. A descriptive term; an epithet. 3. A distinctive name or trademark identifying a product or manufacturer, especially a recording company. 4. Architecture A molding over a door or window; a dripstone. 5. Heraldry A figure in a field consisting of a narrow horizontal bar with several pendants. 6. Chemistry See tracer. tr.v. la·beled or la·belled, la·bel·ing or la·bel·ling, la·bels 1. To attach a label to. 2. To identify or designate with a label; describe or classify: labeled them Yuppies. See Synonyms at mark1. 3. Chemistry To add a tracer to (a compound). [Middle English, ornamental strip of cloth, from Old French, probably of Germanic origin.] la bel·er, label·ler n. |
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