Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

manual labor

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.19 in modern English

Syllables: man-u-al la-bor
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Work done by hand or using basic tools rather than by machines; usually physically demanding but (sometimes derogatory) unskilled labor.

American usage; Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

manual labors (plural) manual labour (alternative)

Phrases

manual laborer

Frequently Paired Words

handwork

Synonyms

manual work manual labour

Questions

What does manual labor mean?: Work done by hand or using basic tools rather than by machines; usually physically demanding but (sometimes derogatory) unskilled labor.

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