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Meaning of 'laboratory' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Laboratory [ n.]
- The workroom of a chemist; also, a place devoted to experiments in any branch of natural science; as, a chemical, physical, or biological laboratory. Hence, by extension, a place where something is prepared, or some operation is performed; as, the liver is the laboratory of the bile.

Meaning of 'laboratory' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . laboratory [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a region resembling a laboratory inasmuch as it offers opportunities for observation and practice and experimentation
Example in sentence:
  • Pakistan is a laboratory for studying the use of American troops to combat terrorism;
  • the new nation is a testing ground for socioeconomic theories

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