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laboratorylike en · ADJ

Etymology

From laboratory + -like.

Meanings

1. Resembling or characteristic of a laboratory.
   • While it has the whiff of a mortuary, this clean, laboratorylike space was the kitchen of Ferran Adrià, who arrived at elBulli in 1984 and made it arguably the most famous restaurant in the world before closing it in 2011; and the white-haired man is Richard Hamilton, who first visited elBulli during the 1960s with Marcel Duchamp and went on to eat there almost annually. 2013 November 21, Hettie Judah, “Is culinary porn too mainstream to be a turn-on?”, in ArtReview:
   • Appearing to flutter across the facade is a run of aluminum fins powder-coated a pearly white. The color palette extends to the interior, where it’s accompanied by ultra-bright LEDs, resulting in an environment that’s both laboratorylike and ethereal. 2023 February 6, Wilson Barlow, “A Bedding Manufacturer’s Office Nods to Down Feathers”, in Interior Design:

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