LABOUR

(BIRTH) UK and ANZ, [US and ANZ] labor [noun] - the last stage of pregnancy from the time when the muscles of the womb start to push the baby out of the body until the baby appearslabour painsthe labour wardShe went into (= started) labour at twelve o'clock last night. [U]I was in labour for twelve hours with my first baby. [U]No two labours are ever the same. [C]