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1. The workroom of a chemist; also, a place devoted to experiments in any branch of natural science; as, a chemical, physical, or biological laboratory. Hence, by extension, a place where something is prepared, or some operation is performed; as, the liver is the laboratory of the bile.

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Charles himself had a laboratory at Whitehall, and was far more active and attentive there than at the council board. - "The History of England from the Accession of James II. Volume 1 (of 5)", Thomas Babington Macaulay.
You said when I met you at the foot of the stairs that you had left a letter for me in the laboratory. - "The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith", George Meredith.
That was the situation when I called for her one noon and took her over to van Manderpootz's laboratory. - "The Ideal", Stanley Grauman Weinbaum.

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