Label

1. a slip of paper, cloth, or other material, marked or inscribed, for attachment to something to indicate its manufacturer, nature, ownership, destination, etc. 2. a short word or phrase descriptive of a person, group, intellectual movement, etc. 3. a word or phrase indicating that what follows belongs in a particular category or classification: The following definition has the label “Archit.”. 4. Architecture. a molding or dripstone over a door or window, especially one that extends horizontally across the top of the opening and vertically downward for a certain distance at the sides. 5. a brand or trademark, especially of a manufacturer of phonograph records, tape cassettes, etc.: She records under a new label. 6. the manufacturer using such a label: a major label that has produced some of the best recordings of the year. 7. Heraldry. a narrow horizontal strip with a number of downward extensions of rectangular or dovetail form, usually placed in chief as the cadency mark of an eldest son. 8. Obsolete. a strip or narrow piece of anything.