labrador Definition

peninsula in eastern Canada between Hudson Bay and the Atlantic; divided between the provinces of Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador area 625,000 square miles (1,618,750 square kilometers)

the section of the peninsula belonging to Newfoundland and Labrador 102,485 square miles (265,436 square kilometers)

any of a breed of medium-sized strongly built retrievers largely developed in England from stock originating in Newfoundland and having a short dense black, yellow, or chocolate coat and a thick rounded tail —called also Lab, Labrador

a low-growing ericaceous evergreen shrub (Ledum groenlandicum) chiefly of northern North America with white or creamy bell-shaped flowers and leaves sometimes used in making tea; also : a related shrub (L. glandulosum) of western North America

cold ocean current that flows south along the coasts of Greenland, Labrador, and Newfoundland and then unites with the warm waters of the Gulf Stream, causing frequent fog in the area of the Grand Banks

arm of the Atlantic between Labrador and Greenland

province of eastern Canada comprising Newfoundland and part of Labrador and bounded by the Gulf of Saint Lawrence (Newfoundland), the Labrador Sea (Labrador), and the Atlantic; capital Saint John's area 143,054 square miles (370,511 square kilometers), population 514,536