I.
noun
1 paper, etc. attached to sth
ADJECTIVE
▪ adhesive , sticky
▪ package
▪ product
▪ clothing , food , nutrition ( esp. AmE )
▪ address , mailing ( AmE )
▪ luggage ( esp. BrE )
▪ price
▪ warning
▪ care
▪
The care ~ says ‘dry-clean only’.
▪ designer
▪
clothes with a designer ~
VERB + LABEL
▪ bear , carry , have
▪
It doesn't have a price ~ on it.
▪ attach , put on , stick on
▪
She stuck ~s on all the jars.
▪ remove , take off
▪ check , consult , read
▪
Always read the ~ before taking any medicine.
PREPOSITION
▪ on a/the ~
▪
What does it say on the ~?
▪ ~ on
▪
the ~ on the bottle
2 description
ADJECTIVE
▪ ideological , party
VERB + LABEL
▪ apply , assign , attach , slap on , use
▪
Why do we need to attach a ~ to these feelings?
▪
One sometimes feels that the ~ ‘classic’ is applied to any book that is dull.
▪ reject
3 company; brand
ADJECTIVE
▪ music , record
▪ major
▪ independent , indie
▪ brand-name ( esp. AmE ), private
▪ designer
▪
Designer ~s grew by nearly 4% in 2007.
VERB + LABEL
▪ launch
▪ sign to , sign with
▪
The band is hoping to sign with a major ~.
PREPOSITION
▪ under a/the ~
▪
The record was produced under the Virgin ~.
II.
verb
1 put a label on sth
ADVERB
▪ appropriately , correctly , properly
▪ incorrectly , wrongly
▪
Some of the plants were wrongly labelled/labeled.
▪ carefully , clearly , neatly
▪
a pile of small plastic bags, each carefully labelled/labeled.
PREPOSITION
▪ with
▪
The samples were all labelled/~ed with a date and place of origin.
2 describe sb/sth as a particular thing
ADVERB
▪ falsely
▪
She was falsely labelled/labeled a liar.
▪ automatically
PREPOSITION
▪ as
▪
It would be easy to ~ the boys as troublemakers.
Label is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ coward , ↑ product