LABOR
What does "LABOR" mean?
Physical or mental work, especially hard or effortful work.
Meanings
- Effortful physical or mental work. The harvest demanded long hours of backbreaking labor.
- Workers considered collectively as an economic force. The factory's costs rose sharply when the price of labor went up.
- The process of childbirth, especially the contractions of giving birth. She went into labor just before midnight.
- To work hard, or to move or proceed with difficulty. The old engine labored up the steep grade.
Did you know?
- The U.S. made Labor Day a federal holiday in 1894 - signed by President Grover Cleveland the same summer that the bitter Pullman railroad strike convulsed the country.
Word origin
From Latin 'labor' (toil, trouble, hardship), via Old French 'labour'; the American spelling drops the 'u' kept in British 'labour'.
Remember it
LABOR hides 'LAB' - where scientists labor, plus 'OR': you labor OR you rest.
A little poem
The same word names the field and names the birth-
the aching back, the body torn to give-
as if all making asks the body's worth.
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Wordplay
- My friend got a job at the bakery because he kneaded the dough - turns out it was real labor.
What it teaches
Nothing worth holding arrives without labor; even being born is hard work for two.
Quick facts
What does LABOR mean?
Physical or mental work, especially hard or effortful work.
Is LABOR a valid word?
Yes — LABOR is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is LABOR?
LABOR has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does LABOR come from?
From Latin 'labor' (toil, trouble, hardship), via Old French 'labour'; the American spelling drops the 'u' kept in British 'labour'.
What can LABOR teach us?
Nothing worth holding arrives without labor; even being born is hard work for two.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.