HOW TO PRONOUNCE
laboratory
/ˈlæbɹəˌtɔɹi/
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LAB-ruh-tor-ee: start with the strongest syllable.
LAB-ruh-tor-ee has four syllables and main stress at the beginning. Other accents and pronunciations can place the beats differently; compare the video with this pattern.
4 syllables · Stress on syllable 1
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“She works in a research laboratory.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does laboratory mean?
noun
- A room, building or institution equipped for scientific research, experimentation or analysis.
- A place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈlæbɹəˌtɔɹi/
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He wandered on through the hall into the laboratory, and stopped in front of the row of little tanks full of water.
"Quite true," we replied, "and as we have one in the physical laboratory of the college we will let you see it."
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Between the machine-shop and the laboratory was a small building of wood used as a carpenter-shop, where Tom Logan plied his art.
It is impossible in many cases to proceed directly from the laboratory process to large scale manufacture without serious risk of failure.
I enjoin the household henceforth not to touch a thing in the insects' laboratory, to do no more sweeping, no more dusting.