Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

labour of love

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.67 in modern English

Syllables: labour of love
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative spelling of labor of love.

British usage

Example Sentences

"This labour of love finds the Stones and their associates – bassist Darryl Jones and twinkling pianist Chuck Leavell – having a high old time, playing tunes they know inside out; […]."
"There should, though, be more concerts like this one. The entire evening was a Brucknerian labour of love, mixing the obscure and the familiar, and provided further proof that Rattle has increasingly embraced this composer as he has aged."
"SETG's work has been a labour of love on rolling stock that's far from the glamorous end of 'top link' locomotive preservation."

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

labours of love (plural)

Synonyms

labor of love

Questions

What does labour of love mean?: Alternative spelling of labor of love.

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