biology laboratory
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3.8
- noun
- /baɪˈɑlədʒi ˈlæbəˌtɔri/
- Specialized
:
laboratorio de biología
- The students conducted exciting experiments in their biology laboratory last week.
- a molecular biology laboratory
Examples
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The FMLN claims that some actions for which they are condemned, such as the 1988 blowing up of the National University's biology laboratory and the killing of the caretaker, were actually committed by the armed forces.
Academic text (1991) -
He had been standing in a biology laboratory, the light of the fall afternoon coming through the windows.
Fiction book (1998) -
She spent hours analyzing samples in the biology laboratory to understand the effects of pollution.
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Each group was assigned a biology laboratory to research the behavior of different species.
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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3.2
A room with equipment for experiments that study living things
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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
How Equipped
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- Specialized
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3.8
- Specialized
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3.0
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2.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a laboratory for biology' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'biology' (the study of living organisms) with 'laboratory' (a room for experiments). This simple noun+noun composition is a common, cross-linguistic pattern and a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The phrase biology laboratory comes from the word biology, meaning the study of 'life', and laboratory, meaning a place to work and do 'experiments'. It is literally a room where people study living things, so it means a place equipped for research or experiments in biology.