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la·bel  (lbl)
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.]

label·er, label·ler n.
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Adj.1.labeled - bearing or marked with a label or tag; "properly labeled luggage"
unlabeled, unlabelled, untagged - lacking a label or tag; "unlabeled luggage is liable to be lost"

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All the shelves were lined with blue glass bottles, neatly labeled by the Magician to show what they contained.
Wilson chatted along for awhile, and presently got Roxy's fingerprints for his collection--right hand and left--on a couple of his glass strips; then labeled and dated them, and took the "records" of both children, and labeled and dated them also.
She found some tiny canisters upon the dresser, labeled "Rice," "Coffee?
 
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