Meaning & use

labor

noun·Everyday

Physical or mental work, especially hard or manual effort, or the process of childbirth.

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Decades of manual labor left visible wear on the old carpenter's hands.

She went into labor early in the morning and welcomed her son by noon.

A note on using this word

Labor can refer to workers collectively, as in organized labor, or specifically to the process of giving birth, depending on context.

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