labor American English spelling




labor - noun

  • a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
  • productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
  • concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
  • an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement
  • a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900; characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and formerly the socialization of key industries
  • the federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the United States; created in 1913
  • any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted

  • labor - verb

    labor - thesaurus

    childbed   confinement   dig   dol   drive   drudge   grind   labour British English spelling   moil   parturiency   project   proletariat   push   task   toil   travail   tug   undertaking