label

label
la|bel1 [ `leıbl ] noun count **
1. ) a piece of paper or material fastened to an object that gives information about it:
Read the washing instructions on the label.
You can get sticky labels printed with your address.
2. ) a word or phrase that is used to describe someone or something, especially one that is not completely fair or true:
He said he sometimes got tired of his bad guy label.
3. ) a company that designs and makes expensive clothes:
After working with Armani, he launched his own label.
a ) a piece of clothing that has been made by a well-known designer:
Even little kids all want to wear designer labels.
4. ) label or record label a company that produces records:
They signed with one of the smaller independent labels.
Their album was released on the Digital Experience label.
label
la|bel 2 [ `leıbl ] (present participle la|bel|ing or la|bel|ling; past tense and past participle la|beled or la|belled) verb transitive **
1. ) to put a label on an object:
These three bottles must be clearly labeled Poison.
label something with something: She labels all her video cassettes with the name and date.
2. ) to use a word or phrase to describe someone or something, especially one that is not completely fair or true: BRAND:
label someone/something as something: We shouldn't label these boys as criminals so early in their lives.
label someone/something something: Her latest movie has been labeled a disaster by the critics.
╾ la|bel|ing noun uncount:
current food labeling regulations

Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.

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