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RESEARCH LABORATORY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A workplace for the conduct of scientific research
Synonyms:
lab; laboratory; research lab; research laboratory; science lab; science laboratory
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("research laboratory" is a kind of...):
work; workplace (a place where work is done)
Meronyms (parts of "research laboratory"):
lab bench; laboratory bench (a workbench in a laboratory)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "research laboratory"):
bio lab; biology lab; biology laboratory (a laboratory for biological research)
chem lab; chemistry lab; chemistry laboratory (a laboratory for research in chemistry)
defense laboratory (a laboratory devoted to research and development for national defense)
physics lab; physics laboratory (a laboratory for research in physics)