biology lab
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3.2
- noun
- /baɪˈɑlədʒi læb/
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laboratorio de biología
- Delores walked down the building's central corridor and found Zark and Feng in the biology lab, where they probed into a dissected mnog.
Examples
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Working in Professor Ling Qi's lab, I learned all of the integral techniques needed to work in a molecular biology lab.
Academic text (2012) -
Take Pepe to the biology lab for a blood count.
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To the biology lab for an experiment.
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Send Pepe down to the biology lab for a blood count.
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The room, a biology lab by day, is long and deep with rows of blacktopped tables.
Fiction book (1993) -
I imagine the thick, sweet liquid filling up the tubes of the alimentary canal in the poster in the biology lab at school.
Fiction book (1997) -
She has lived on Guam since 1980 and has been a classroom teacher in the public schools as well as a biology lab technician at the university.
Academic text (1995) -
And at Christmas, he was home for only a few days of the long recess—not only did he have too much work to do, he’d been hired as a biology lab assistant.
Fiction book (1997) -
Last semester, we conducted interesting experiments in the biology lab on plant growth.
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In our biology lab, we used microscopes to examine cells and learn their functions.
Synonyms
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1.6
A room or building where people do science experiments
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3.9
A place where people try out new ideas or methods
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3.5
A place where scientists do experiments to learn about the world
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2.8
A room in a school or research building where people do experiments
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3.7
A place where scientists do experiments to learn about science
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3.6
A room where people study living things and do experiments
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3.2
A room or building where people do experiments, research, and teach science
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3.8
A room with equipment for doing experiments about living things
How Advanced
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a laboratory for biological research' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'biology' (study of living organisms) with 'lab' (facility for experiments). This noun‑noun compositional pattern (purpose/location) is cross‑linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand the phrase.
Etymology
Biology lab comes from the words biology, which means the study of living things, and lab, short for laboratory. Imagine a room with microscopes, petri dishes and plants where people do experiments on tiny life. So biology lab means 'a place for biological research or experiments'.