labor (5 letters)
labor
7
- Length
- 5 letters
- Scrabble score
- 7 points
- Frequency
- Common
- Pronunciation
- LAYB-ur
What it means
- verb — strive and make an effort to reach a goal
- verb — work hard
- verb — undergo the efforts of childbirth
- noun — a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
- noun — productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
- noun — concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
- noun — an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement
- noun — a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900; characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and formerly the socialization of key industries
- noun — the federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the United States; created in 1913
- noun — any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted