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travail
Arduous or painful exertion; excessive labor, suffering, hardship.
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Word Facts
- Word length
- 7
- Starts with
- T
- Ends with
- L
- Contains
- RAVAI
- Scrabble score
- 10
- Database source
- OEWN 2025 Core
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Pronunciation
Meaning
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noun
Arduous or painful exertion; excessive labor, suffering, hardship.
Specifically, the labor of childbirth.
An act of working; labor (US), labour (British).
The eclipse of a celestial object.
noun
The act of traveling; passage from place to place.
“space travel”
(in the plural) A series of journeys.
“I’m off on my travels around France again.”
(in the plural) An account of one's travels.
The activity or traffic along a route or through a given point.
The working motion of a piece of machinery; the length of a mechanical stroke.
“My drill press has a travel of only 1.5 inches.”
Labour; parturition; travail.
noun
A traditional North American Indian sled-like vehicle, pulled by person, dog, or horse.
verb
To toil.
To go through the labor of childbirth.
In context
Example Sentences
space travel
I’m off on my travels around France again.
My drill press has a travel of only 1.5 inches.
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