meaning of label
1. A tassel.
2. A slip of silk, paper, parchment, etc. , affixed to anything, usually by an inscription, the contents, ownership, destination, etc. ; as, the label of a bottle or a package.
3. A slip of ribbon, parchment, etc. , attached to a document to hold the appended seal; also, the seal.
4. A writing annexed by way of addition, as a codicil added to a will.
5. A barrulet, or, rarely, a bendlet, with pendants, or points, usually three, especially used as a mark of cadency to distinguish an eldest or only son while his father is still living.
6. A brass rule with sights, formerly used, in connection with a circumferentor, to take altitudes.
7. The name now generally given to the projecting molding by the sides, and over the tops, of openings in mediaeval architecture. It always has a /quare form, as in the illustration.
8. In mediaeval art, the representation of a band or scroll containing an inscription.
9. To affix a label to; to mark with a name, etc. ; as, to label a bottle or a package.
10. To affix in or on a label.
11. trade name of a company that produces musical recordings; "the artists and repertoire department of a recording label is responsible for finding new
">talent"
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