Meaning of label In English

• 0 a piece of paper or other material that gives you information about the object it is attached to:

  • Remember to put some address labels on the suitcases.

  • Washing instructions should be on the label.

  • He seems to be stuck with the label of "troublemaker".

• 1 a company that produces goods for sale, the goods themselves, or the company's name or symbol:

  • Her favourite designer label (= maker of expensive clothes) is Armani.

  • Their own-label vegetarian products have been a huge success.

  • The group have just signed (= arranged to record) with a new record label.

• 2 to fasten a label to:

  • [ + adj ] The parcel was clearly labelled "Fragile".

  • If you spend any time in prison, you're labelled as a criminal for the rest of your life.

• 3 a piece of paper or other material that gives information about the object it is attached to:

  • the address/mailing label

  • Follow the instructions on the label.

  • Everything we produce goes out under our own label.

  • It’s hard to say whether to apply the label “jazz” or “rock” to her music.

• 4 to attach a piece of paper or other material that has information about an object to that object:

  • She labeled all the packages and sent them out the same afternoon.

  • He didn’t want to be labeled a complainer, so he didn’t raise any objection to the extra work.

• 5 a piece of paper or other material that gives you information about the object that it is fixed to:

  • address/price/warning label Canada put graphic warning labels on cigarette packs back in June 2001.

  • Food packages that did not carry a label certifying them as safe were being blocked from export.

  • Launder or dry-clean, according to the care label.

  • Check the sodium levels on the food label.

• 6 a company that produces goods for sale, using a particular name:

  • designer/fashion label She also has plans to launch a range of cosmetics if her fashion label takes off.

• 7 a name of a record company:

  • an independent/record/major label

• 8 a name of a company that makes wine:

  • Among its other big deals this year was the purchase of two champagne labels.

• 9 a name or symbol that is used by a company to sell its products, or the products themselves:

  • Contaminated wheat gluten made its way into pet food sold under nearly 100 labels across North America.

• 10 to fasten a label to something, or write information on something:

  • All food products are labelled with their price and country of origin.

  • be labelled as sth Only clothes with a UPF of 15 to 50-plus may be labeled as sun-protective.

  • Processed foods must be clearly labeled to indicate fat, sugar, and salt content for shoppers.

• 11 to describe someone or something using a particular word or phrase, often unfairly:

  • She doesn't like being labelled as a "woman director", saying she's just a director who happens to be a woman.