la·bel
(lā́bəl)
[Middle English, ornamental strip of cloth, from Old French, probably of Germanic origin.]
noun
- 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.
- A descriptive term; an epithet.
- A distinctive name or trademark identifying a product or manufacturer, especially a recording company.
- Architecture A molding over a door or window; a dripstone.
- Heraldry A figure in a field consisting of a narrow horizontal bar with several pendants.
- Chemistry See tracer
transitive verb: -beled or -belled, -bel·ing or -bel·ling, -bels or -bels
- To attach a label to.
- To identify or designate with a label; describe or classify: labeled them Yuppies. See synonyms at mark1
- Chemistry To add a tracer to (a compound).
derivatives
- lábel·er
- noun
trac·er
(trā́sər)
noun
- One who is employed to locate missing goods or persons.
- An investigation or inquiry organized to trace missing goods or persons.
- Any of several instruments used in making tracings or in imprinting designs by tracing.
- A tracer bullet.
- An identifiable substance, such as a dye or a radioactive isotope, that is introduced into a biological or mechanical system and can be followed through the course of a process, providing information on the pattern of events in the process or on the redistribution of the parts or elements involved. Also called label
