laboratory
/ləˈbɒrətri/noun
उच्चारण लबॉरट्री
प्रयोगशाला
Core word
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a room or building used for scientific research, experiments, testing
प्रयोगशाला
- a science laboratory
- The students spent the afternoon working in the chemistry laboratory.
- The laboratory is equipped with modern microscopes.
+ 3 more examples
- Samples of the water were sent to a laboratory for testing.
- Students must wear a coat when they enter the laboratory.
- She works in a medical laboratory in Pune.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
laboratory (countable noun)
The plural is laboratories, with y changed to ies; the word is formal for lab.
Plural laboratories है, जिसमें y बदलकर ies हो जाता है; यह lab का औपचारिक रूप है।
- The institute has three laboratories.
- The laboratory is on the first floor.
in / at a laboratory
Use in for work done inside the room and at for the organisation, such as at a government laboratory.
कमरे के भीतर किए गए काम के लिए in और संस्था के लिए at आता है, जैसे at a government laboratory।
- The vaccine was tested in a laboratory.
- Her father works at a defence laboratory.
laboratory + noun
As a modifier it forms laboratory equipment, laboratory test and laboratory technician.
Modifier के रूप में यह laboratory equipment, laboratory test और laboratory technician बनाता है।
- The laboratory equipment was cleaned after the practical.
pronunciation and stress
In British English the stress falls on the second syllable: la-BOR-a-try; students should not say la-bo-RA-tory.
British English में बल दूसरे syllable पर पड़ता है: la-BOR-a-try; विद्यार्थियों को la-bo-RA-tory नहीं बोलना चाहिए।
- The word laboratory has four syllables in British English.
+Collocations 4
adjective + laboratory
researchforensicmedicalchemicalnationalwell-equipped
- The forensic laboratory examined the evidence.
verb + laboratory
set upwork invisitrunequipinspect
- The college set up a modern physics laboratory.
laboratory + noun
technicianexperimenttestanimalconditionsreport
- The laboratory technician prepared the slides.
laboratory + preposition
under laboratory conditionsin a laboratoryat the laboratory
- The results were obtained under laboratory conditions.
“More examples 6
- Scientists at the national laboratory discovered a new compound.
राष्ट्रीय प्रयोगशाला के वैज्ञानिकों ने एक नए यौगिक की खोज की।
- Radhika dreams of working in a research laboratory.
राधिका एक शोध प्रयोगशाला में काम करने का सपना देखती है।
- The laboratory is locked after school hours.
स्कूल के समय के बाद प्रयोगशाला में ताला लगा दिया जाता है।
- Food samples from the market are tested in a laboratory.
बाज़ार से लिए गए खाद्य नमूनों की प्रयोगशाला में जाँच होती है।
- The textbook explains safety rules for the laboratory.
पाठ्यपुस्तक में प्रयोगशाला के सुरक्षा नियम समझाए गए हैं।
- Radhika's teacher showed the class how to handle chemicals in the laboratory.
राधिका की शिक्षिका ने कक्षा को दिखाया कि प्रयोगशाला में रसायनों को कैसे सँभाला जाए।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ The laboratories of our school is big.
✓ The laboratories of our school are big.
The subject is the plural laboratories, so the verb is are.
Subject plural 'laboratories' है, इसलिए verb are आएगी।
✗ He performed an experiment at laboratory.
✓ He performed an experiment in a laboratory.
A singular countable noun needs an article.
Singular countable noun के साथ article चाहिए।
AaSpelling
la·bor·a·to·ry