laboratory
/ˈlæb(ə)ɹəˌtɔɹi/ noun B1- A room, building or institution equipped for scientific research, experimentation or analysis.
- A place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured.
Plural laboratories
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“In his mother’s laboratory.”
“Does his mother then, keep poisons in her laboratory?”
“The heirs sought everywhere, admired the breviary, laid hands on the furniture, and were greatly astonished that Spada, the rich man, was really the most miserable of uncles—no treasures—unless they were those of science, contained in the library and laboratories.
Returning to France, I spent some months in a research into the coal-tar derivatives, which I conducted in a laboratory at Montpellier, in the south of France.
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