1.a brief description given for purposes of identification;
the label Modern is applied to many different kinds of architecture
2.trade name of a company that produces musical recordings;
the artists and repertoire department of a recording label is responsible for finding new talent
3.a radioactive isotope that is used in a compound in order to trace the mechanism of a chemical reaction
4.an identifying or descriptive marker that is attached to an object
1.assign a label to; designate with a label;
These students were labelled `learning disabled'
2.attach a tag or label to;
label these bottles
3.pronounce judgment on;
They labeled him unfit to work here
4.distinguish (as a compound or molecule) by introducing a labeled atom
5.distinguish (an element or atom) by using a radioactive isotope or an isotope of unusual mass for tracing through chemical reactions