Word

labor, n.
(labors)
freq. cnt. 40

productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 20 freq. cnt.: 20

labor labour toil

sample sentences

"his labor did not require a great deal of skill"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

laborious labor

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

labour labour

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derivationally related form

toil

semantic pointers

hyponym

roping corvee plodding, drudgery, grind, donkeywork effort, exertion, elbow grease, travail, sweat hunting, hunt hackwork haymaking manual labor, manual labour overwork, overworking slavery

hypernym

work

a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
<noun.group> freq. cnt.: 22 freq. cnt.: 20 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

labor labour proletariat working class

sample sentences

"there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

proletarian

semantic pointers

hypernym

class, social class, stratum, socio-economic class

hyponym

labor force, labor pool lumpenproletariat organized labor

member meronym

worker, proletarian, prole

any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 42 freq. cnt.: 23 freq. cnt.: 18 freq. cnt.: 1

labor project task undertaking

sample sentences

"he prepared for great undertakings"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

project

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derivationally related form

task

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

undertake

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derivationally related form

labor labor

semantic pointers

hyponym

cinch, picnic, breeze, snap, duck soup, child's play, pushover, walkover, piece of cake adventure, escapade, risky venture, dangerous undertaking assignment baby enterprise, endeavor, endeavour labor of love, labour of love marathon, endurance contest no-brainer proposition large order, tall order venture

hypernym

work

instance hyponym

Manhattan Project

an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement
<noun.group> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

labor labor movement trade union movement

semantic pointers

part meronym

union, labor union, trade union, trades union, brotherhood

hypernym

reform movement

hyponym

Industrial Workers of the World, IWW, I.W.W. unionism, trade unionism

concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
<noun.state> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

childbed confinement labor labour lying-in parturiency travail