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Is lab a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word lab is a Scrabble US word. The word lab is worth 5 points in Scrabble:

L1A1B3

Is lab a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word lab is a Scrabble UK word and has 5 points:

L1A1B3

Is lab a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word lab is a Words With Friends word. The word lab is worth 7 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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Valid words made from Lab

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3-letter words (3 found)

ALB,BAL,LAB,

2-letter words (4 found)

AB,AL,BA,LA,

You can make 7 words from lab according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of lab

lab

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /læb/
  • Rhymes: -æb

Etymology 1

Clipping of laboratory.

Noun

lab (plural labs)

  1. (colloquial) A laboratory.
  2. (colloquial) Laboratory experiment, test, investigation or result.
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

Clipping of Labrador retriever.

Noun

lab (plural labs)

  1. (colloquial) A Labrador retriever.
Derived terms
  • choco lab
Translations

Anagrams

  • BLA, BAL, Alb., alb, bla, abl.

Albanian

Etymology

  • From lëpe, lëbozë. Historically the inhabitants of the Labëria (“the land of lab”) region. Compare Illyrian *Labeati.
  • Alternatively a back-formation based on Labëri (“Laberia”), borrowed from an unattested South Slavic *labanьja < *olbanьja, rendering the native pre-Albanian name of the country; Albania, Ἀλβανία (Albanía). However, this is doubtful.

Noun

lab m (labe, f.)

  1. southern Albanian (male)
    (male person from Labëri (“land of lab”), Labëria (“the land of lab”))

Related terms

  • Labëri
  • Labëria
  • labërisht
  • Labërishtja
  • arbër

References

Danish

Etymology

Cognate of Swedish labb (“paw”).

Noun

lab c (singular definite labben, plural indefinite labber)

  1. paw

Inflection

Verb

lab

  1. imperative of labbe

Dutch

Alternative forms

  • labo

Etymology

Clipping of laboratorium.

Pronunciation

Noun

lab n (plural labs, diminutive labje n)

  1. (Netherlands) lab

Derived terms

Lhao Vo

Etymology

Cognate with Burmese လှုပ် (hlup).

Verb

lab

  1. to move; to stir.

References

  • Dr. Ola Hanson, A Dictionary of the Kachin Language (1906).

Narua

Noun

lab

  1. wing

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlab/ [ˈlaβ̞]
  • Rhymes: -ab
  • Syllabification: lab

Noun

lab m (plural labs)

  1. lab (laboratory)

Zhuang

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /laːp˧/
  • Tone numbers: lap8
  • Hyphenation: lab

Etymology 1

From Chinese 蠟 (MC lap, “wax; candle”).

Noun

lab (Sawndip forms 曪 or 腊, 1957–1982 spelling lab)

  1. candle

Etymology 2

From Chinese 臘 (MC lap, “cured meat”).

Verb

lab (Sawndip forms 曪 or 腊, 1957–1982 spelling lab)

  1. to cure (meat) by drying or smoking

Adjective

lab (Sawndip forms 曪 or 腊, 1957–1982 spelling lab)

  1. cured; dried; smoked

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