Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

laborshed

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: labor-shed
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A regional workforce, those available for and willing to work.

Example Sentences

"Greater Dubuque Development Corp.'s 2006 analysis, conducted by Iowa Workforce Development, surveyed some 600 qualifying working-age residents in the multi-county laborshed area."

Etymology

By analogy from watershed, likening the regional workforce to the catchment of a river system.

Inflected Forms

laborsheds (plural)

Questions

What does laborshed mean?: A regional workforce, those available for and willing to work.
Where does laborshed come from?: By analogy from watershed, likening the regional workforce to the catchment of a river system.

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