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Meaning of 'laboratory'
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. [ n.]Meaning of 'laboratory' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. laboratory [ n]
[ n]Meaning (1):
- a region resembling a laboratory inasmuch as it offers opportunities for observation and practice and experimentation
- 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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