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labour1 UK (US labor) Show phoneticsnoun
1 WORK [U] work, especially the type of work that needs a lot of physical effort
manual labour
2 WORKERS [U] people who work
cheap/skilled labour
3 BIRTH [C,U] the stage of pregnancy when a woman has pain in her stomach because the baby is coming out
to be in labour/go into labour
labour pains
4
I voted Labour (= for the Labour party) at the last election.
a Labour MP
5
work that you do because you like it, not because you are paid for it
