Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An ornament inserted into a perforation in the lip.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A piece of stone, bone, shell, or other material, inserted into the lip or into the cheek near the mouth, which is pierced for the purpose.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun a form of body piercing in which an object is attached to the lip

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Latin labrum, lip; see leb- in Indo-European roots + –et.]

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word labret.

Examples

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.

  • A huge face with a labret stuck thru the left side of the upper and lower lips, stood sentinel.

    - Louis Zukofsky, Thanks to the Dictionary

    June 20, 2008