Definition: 1. A piece of paper, etc. that is attached to something and that gives information about it. 2. A brief description given for purposes of identification. 3. Trade name of a company that produces musical recordings. 4. A radioactive isotope that is used in a compound in order to trace the mechanism of a chemical reaction. 5. An identifying or descriptive marker that is attached to an object. 6. Assign a label to; designate with a label. 7. Attach a tag or label to.
Use 'label' in a sentence:
1. 'Eat before JULY 14' was stamped on the label.
2. Ironically, now that photography is securely established as fine art, many photographers find it pretentious or irrelevant to label it as such.
3. It is unfair to label a small baby as naughty.
4. Some critics will point out subjects such as Art or Music and label them as being frivolous and time-wasting.
5. The lawsuits said that the label was misleading because it gave the impression that the products had been certified by a third party when the certification was the company's own.
6. The label of a product ought to be in clear English and be where one can find it easily.
7. It has been so since the 1960s when packaged food list appeared with the label: "Store in the refrigerator".
8. If you hover over the icon or space to the right of the label, you will not see the disabled cursor style.
9. All the products are labelled with comprehensive instructions.
10. It lists the protein but not the percent daily value, so you noted something interesting about the food label.
11. We have only to read the labels to know what ingredients are in foods.
12. Thanks to a new EU directive, insecticide labelling will be more specific.
13. Drugs that are safe in the dosage stated on the label may be very dangerous in large doses.
14. It says on the label ‘ Produce of France ’.
15. It is all too easy to label talent shows as "vulgar". Some of them do give participants an equal chance to bring forth their talents.
16. She landed a contract with record label EMI.
17. Hunt's put a "non-GMO" label on its canned crushed tomatoes a few years ago—despite the fact that at the time there was no such thing as a GMO tomato on the market.
18. They are afraid to contact the social services in case they are labelled a problem family.
19. Economists label the problem "present bias": we are vulnerable to fast, salient stimulation.
20. I can't bear people who make judgements and label me.
21. She tied a label on to the suitcase.
22. They thought the feminist label was too worthy.
23. He had to sign his name on every label.
24. At last we saw my collection! It had a label on it, marked "First Prize", and next to it came the boy's moss, marked "Second Prize".
25. I hated the label 'housewife'.
26. People want to buy designer labels for snob value.
27. Some food labelling practices really get my back up.
28. The stuff has never been properly logged and labelled.
29. Some dairy companies are using the "non-GMO" label on their milk, despite the fact that all milk is naturally GMO-free, another label that creates unnecessary fear around food.
30. Look on the label or ask your butcher.
31. Affix the blue airmail label and leave the rest to us.
32. He had reached over to turn around a bottle of champagne so that the label didn't show.
33. The Council, which was founded in 1996, certifies fisheries that meet high environmental standards, enabling them to use a label that recognises their environmental responsibility.
34. Too often the press are labelled as bad boys.
35. The label should be firmly affixed to the package.
36. The label will peel off if you soak it in water.
37. It took me two days to peel off the labels.
38. He peered at the label on the bottle.
39. Now if I can stain in some way, if I can somehow label the DNA fragments that I'm interested in, I could find out where those fragments are on this gel.
40. We attach labels to things before we file them away.
41. She glued the label onto the box.
42. The washing instructions are on the label.
43. A large address label was gummed to the package.
44. The file was labelled 'Private'.
45. We carefully labelled each item with the contents and the date.
46. He'll only wear clothes with a designer label.
47. People are confused about all the different labels on food these days.
48. It's his first release for a major label.
49. She is afraid to contact the social services in case they are labelled a problem family.
50. The files have labels that are colour-coded according to subject.
51. It says on the label 'Produce of France'.
52. The label on a child's Batman cape cautions that the toy "does not enable user to fly".
