label

label
1 noun (C)
1 a piece of paper or other material that is stuck onto something and gives information about it: a luggage label
2 the name of a record company: their new release on the Ace Sounds label
3 a word or phrase which is used to describe a person, group, or thing, but which is unfair or not correct: Men tend to accept these arrangements in order to avoid attracting the `sexist' label.
2 verb labelled, labelling BrE, labeled, labeling AmE (T)
1 to fix a label onto something or write information on something: Label the diagram as shown. | label sth poison/secret etc: The file was labelled `Top Secret'.
2 to use a word or phrase to describe someone or something, but often unfairly or incorrectly: label sb/sth (as) sth: The newspapers had unjustly labelled him a troublemaker.

Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.

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