label
US /ˈlebəl/
・UK /'leɪbl/
A2
noun
- A (luxury) brand owned by a company
- A descriptive or identifying word or phrase
- A word or term used to describe a person, thing
- A name attached to an item of data in a computer program
- A piece of paper or other material that is attached to something and gives information about it
- A company that produces music recordings; a record label.
- A piece of paper or material to identify something
- A piece of paper, plastic film, cloth, metal, or other material affixed to a product or container, on which is written or printed information or symbols about the product or item.
other
- To assign to a category, especially inaccurately or restrictively
- To assign to a category, especially inaccurately or restrictively.
- To attach a label to something
verb
- To use a term to describe, often negatively
- To attach material to identify something
Examples
Some of the plants were wrongly labelled.
One sometimes feels that the label ‘classic’ is applied to any book that is dull.