lab Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a workplace for the conduct of scientific research
    science laboratory; science lab; research laboratory; research lab; laboratory.

WordNet

Lab intransitive verb
Etymology
Cf. OD. labben to babble.
Definitions
  1. To prate; to gossip; to babble; to blab. Obs. Chaucer.
Lab noun
Definitions
  1. A telltale; a prater; a blabber. Obs. "I am no lab." Chaucer.

Webster 1913