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laboratory

noun
laboratory pronunciation English ləˈbɒrətri laboratory pronunciation American ˈlæbrətɔːri
plural laboratories (also informal lab)
 
a room or building used for scientific research, experiments, testing, etc
a research laboratorylaboratory experiments/teststo send a specimen to the laboratory for analysis see also language laboratory