1. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research
   "The laboratory director recruited an able crew of assistants"; "The scientists spent long hours in the research laboratory conducting experiments"; "The students conducted their experiments in the university's science laboratory";
   - lab [informal], research lab, research laboratory, science lab, science laboratory
    
2. A region resembling a laboratory inasmuch as it offers opportunities for observation and practice and experimentation
   "Pakistan is a laboratory for studying the use of American troops to combat terrorism";
   - testing ground

Derived forms: laboratories

Type of: region, work, workplace

Encyclopedia: Laboratory, Pennsylvania