SPADEWORK

Meaning of SPADEWORK in English

■ noun hard or routine preparatory work.

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

SPADEWORK — noun Date: 1778 work done with a spade, the hard plain preliminary drudgery in an undertaking
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SPADEWORK — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun 1. : work done with the spade 2. : the hard plain preliminary drudgery in any undertaking between …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SPADEWORK — /spayd"werrk'/ , n. preliminary or initial work, such as the gathering of data, on which further activity is to be …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SPADEWORK — n. hard dull drudgery preparatory work; work carried out with a spade
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SPADEWORK — noun Date: 1778 1. : work done with a spade 2. : the hard plain preliminary drudgery in an undertaking
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SPADEWORK — [spade.work] n (1778) 1: work done with a spade 2: the hard plain preliminary drudgery in an undertaking
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SPADEWORK — spadework BrE AmE ˈspeɪd wɜːk AmE \ -wɝːk
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SPADEWORK — / ˈspeɪdwɜːk; NAmE -wɜːrk/ noun [ U ] the hard work that has to be done in order to prepare …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SPADEWORK — spade ‧ work /ˈspeɪd-wɜːk $ -wɜːrk/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] hard work that has to be done in preparation before …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SPADEWORK — n. hard or routine preparatory work.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SPADEWORK — n. hard or routine preparatory work.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SPADEWORK — n. hard or routine preparatory work.
Oxford English vocab
SPADEWORK — The spadework is the uninteresting work that has to be done as preparation before you can start a project or …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SPADEWORK — The ~ is the uninteresting work that has to be done as preparation before you can start a project or …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SPADEWORK — noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Most of the spadework in the research was done by grad students. EXAMPLES FROM …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SPADEWORK — [noun] [U] - hard, sometimes uninteresting work done in preparation for somethingNow that the spadework's all been done, we can …
Cambridge English vocab
SPADEWORK
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SPADEWORK — n. 25B6; noun GROUNDWORK, preliminary work, preliminaries, preparatory measures, preparations, planning, foundations; hard work, donkey work, labour, drudgery, toil; informal …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SPADEWORK — кропотливая, трудоемкая подготовительная работа неблагодарная, черная работа
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SPADEWORK — Черная работа
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
SPADEWORK — n 1> кропотливая, трудоёмкая подготовительная работа 2> неблагодарная, чёрная работа
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SPADEWORK — кропотливая подготовительная работа
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
SPADEWORK — (n) трудоемкая подготовительная работа; черная работа
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
SPADEWORK — n 1) кропотливая, трудоёмкая подготовительная работа 2) неблагодарная, чёрная работа
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
SPADEWORK — n 1> кропотливая, трудоёмкая подготовительная работа 2> неблагодарная, чёрная работа
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SPADEWORK — n. кропотливая подготовительная работа, черная работа
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
SPADEWORK — n. кропотливая подготовительная работа, черная работа
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
SPADEWORK — кропотливая, трудоемкая подготовительная работа неблагодарная, черная работа
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
SPADEWORK — кропотливая подготовительная работа
Англо-Русский словарь
SPADEWORK — n. Pronunciation: - ˌ w ə rk Function: noun Date: 1778 1 : work done with a spade 2 : …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SPADEWORK — черная работа
English-Russian Online Dictionary
DONE — I. COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a done deal informal (= something that has been completely agreed ) ▪ The takeover …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary

Concise Oxford English vocab

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