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labor
productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
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Word Facts
- Word length
- 5
- Starts with
- L
- Ends with
- R
- Contains
- ABO
- Scrabble score
- 7
- Database source
- OEWN 2025 Core
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noun
productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
“his labor did not require a great deal of skill”
noun
any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
“he prepared for great undertakings”
noun
a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
“there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field”
noun
an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement
noun
concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
“she was in labor for six hours”
verb
undergo the efforts of childbirth
verb
strive and make an effort to reach a goal
“She tugged for years to make a decent living”
verb
work hard
“She was digging away at her math homework”
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Example Sentences
his labor did not require a great deal of skill
he prepared for great undertakings
there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field
she was in labor for six hours
She tugged for years to make a decent living
We have to push a little to make the deadline!
She is driving away at her doctoral thesis
She was digging away at her math homework
Lexicographers drudge all day long
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