{
    "term": "lab",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a laboratory",
            "sensetop": "in a lab",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **computer/research lab**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the school science labs"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She'd been working in the lab all day.",
                    "contextForm": "in a lab"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a lab technician"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a lab coat *(= a white coat worn by scientists, etc. working in a laboratory)*"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Buildings", "Scientific research"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/læb/",
                "audio": "la/lab/lab__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/læb/",
                "audio": "la/lab/lab__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 19th cent.: abbreviation."
}