labor
IPA: ɫˈeɪbɝ
Root Word: Labor
noun
- (Australian politics, informal) The Australian Labor Party.
- A surname from French.
- (chiefly US) Alternative spelling of labour [Effort expended on a particular task; toil, work.]
- (UK politics, American spelling, Australian spelling) Misspelling of Labour. (UK political party)
verb
- US standard spelling of labour. [(intransitive) To toil, to work.]
Examples of "labor" in Sentences
- The labor was exhausting.
- He labored to finish the task.
- Gardeners labored to build the soil.
- Our spoiled kids whine and snivel about manual labor.
- Deep in penury, Silenus had to work as a common laborer.
- Slave laborers are working to gather the phosphorescent tears.
- To repay the loan, Jiro decides to go to Hokkaido to work as a laborer.
- In economics, the people in the labor force are the suppliers of labor.
- Many of the immigrants worked as laborers on the transcontinental railroad.
- Armstrong strove to instill in these disciples the moral value of manual labor.