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Is "lab" considered a word?

The noun lab has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a workplace for the conduct of scientific research
Synonyms: laboratory, research lab, research laboratory, science lab, science laboratory
 
Originally posted by: her209
Originally posted by: loup garou
Originally posted by: her209
Originally posted by: loup garou
Why wouldn't it be?
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Is "limo" considered a word?
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Why wouldn't it be?
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Would they be considered abbreviations of a word therefore are not actual words themselves?
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They have entered the vocabulary as regular words...would you consider sonar a word? What about radar?
 
"lab" is even considered a valid word in the board game Scrabble which does not permit abreviations. From The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, 1991 edition:

n pl. -S a laboratory
 
Originally posted by: loup garou
They have entered the vocabulary as regular words...would you consider sonar a word? What about radar?
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Sonar and radar are an abbreviation of multiple words not a single word.
 
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