noun · academic
laboratory
UK/ləˈbɒrətəri/US/ˈlæbrəˌtɔːri/la·BOR·a·to·ry
Band 4-5speakingtask1task2
a room or building equipped for scientific experiments or research
Examples
“The new laboratory has modern equipment for chemistry and biology.”
“Students must wear goggles when they work in the laboratory.”
“Samples were sent to a specialized laboratory for further testing.”
Band 8 sentence
“During the study, all bacterial cultures were kept in a controlled laboratory environment to avoid contamination.”
Collocations
- well-equipped laboratory
- work in the laboratory
- laboratory tests
Word family
lab noun (informal)laboratory-based adjective
Common mistakes
in laboratory→in the laboratory
I did the experiment on laboratory→I did the experiment in the laboratory
Say it for a higher band
5lab→6science room→7+laboratory
Synonyms
lab
research facility
Easily confused
lab
“The samples were taken to the lab for analysis.”
Related words
Learn this word with the rest of its set, and get reminded at the right time.
In Science & Research
Learn it with its set