abel

Universal Words noun, verb noun 1 a piece of paper, etc. that is attached to sth and gives information about it: The washing instructions are on the label. * price / address labels * We tested various supermarkets' own label pasta sauces (= those marked with the name of the shop / store where they are sold). * He'll only wear clothes with a designer label. 2 (disapproving) a word or phrase that is used to describe sb/sth in a way that seems too general, unfair or not correct: I hated the label 'housewife'. 3 a company that produces and sells records, CDs, etc: the Virgin record label * It's his first release for a major label. verb (-ll-, AmE -l-) [oftenpassive] 1 [VN] to fix a label on sth or write information on sth: We carefully labelled each item with the contents and the date. * The file was labelled 'Private'. 2 ~ sb/sth (as) sth to describe sb/sth in a particular way, especially unfairly: [VN-N] He was labelled (as) a traitor by his former colleagues. * [VN-ADJ] It is unfair to label a small baby as naughty.