Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

labor-saving

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.37 in modern English

Syllables: labor-sav-ing
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Making work easier or faster.

Example Sentences

"laborsaving devices such as food processors and dishwashers"
"The proliferation of labor-saving devices has not given us more leisure time, paradoxically."

Etymology

From labor + saving.

Inflected Forms

more labor-saving (comparative) most labor-saving (superlative) laborsaving (alternative) labour-saving (alternative) laboursaving (alternative)

Questions

What does labor-saving mean?: Making work easier or faster.
Where does labor-saving come from?: From labor + saving.

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