label: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 7 letter points · starts with L · ends with L
Meaning of label
noun
A small ticket or sign giving information about something to which it is attached or intended to be attached.
Example: We laughed at her because the label was still on her new sweater.
A name given to something or someone to categorise them as part of a particular social group.
Example: Ever since he started going to the rock club, he's been given the label "waster".
A company that sells records.
Example: The label signed the band after hearing a demo tape.
A user-defined alias for a numerical designation, the reverse of an enumeration.
Example: Storage devices can be given by label or ID.
Listed forms: labels.
Source: Wiktionary — label.
verb
- transitive
To put a label (a ticket or sign) on (something).
Example: The shop assistant labeled all the products in the shop.
- ambitransitive, ditransitive
To give (a label) to (someone or something) in order to categorise that person or thing.
Example: He's been unfairly labeled as a cheat, although he's only ever cheated once.
To replace specific atoms by their isotope in order to track the presence or movement of this isotope through a reaction, metabolic pathway or cell.
To add a detectable substance, either transiently or permanently, to a biological substance in order to track the presence of the label-substance combination either in situ or in vitro
Listed forms: labels, labeling, labelling, labeled, labelled.
Source: Wiktionary — label.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for label.
noun
trade name of a company that produces musical recordings
- recording label
verb
attach a tag or label to
verb
pronounce judgment on
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is label in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of label
L(1) + A(1) + B(3) + E(1) + L(1) = 7 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of label
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from label
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