labware

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noun

All the glassware and other equipment used in many different types of laboratory, but excluding specialist equipment such as spectrometers.

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laboratoryware
OriginMiddle English ware ← Old English waru ← Proto-West Germanic *waru →
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Meanings

nounlabware (usually uncountable, plural labwares)

plural labwares

  1. uncountableusuallysciencesAll the glassware and other equipment used in many different types of laboratory, but excluding specialist equipment such as spectrometers.

    Synonyms: laboratoryware

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAll the glassware and other equipment used in many different types of laboratory, but excluding specialist equipment such as spectrometers.

Similar
laboratoryware
Also see
laboratoryware

Origin

  1. Englishlab
  2. Proto-Germanic*warō
  3. Proto-West Germanic*waru
  4. Old Englishwaru
  5. Middle Englishware
  6. Englishlabware

From lab + -ware.

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APA

labware. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/labware

MLA

“labware.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/labware. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “labware,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/labware.

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