LABORSAVING

Meaning of LABORSAVING in English

/lay"beuhr say'ving/ , adj.

designed or intended to reduce or replace human labor: The dishwasher is a laborsaving device.

Also, labor-saving .

[ 1765-75; LABOR + SAVING ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

LABORSAVING — adjective Date: circa 1779 adapted to replace or decrease human and especially manual labor
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LABORSAVING — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective 1. : adapted to supersede or diminish labor laborsaving devices a laborsaving plan of work 2. printing a. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LABORSAVING — adj. saving work, saving effort (also laboursaving)
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LABORSAVING — adjective Date: circa 1779 : adapted to replace or decrease human and especially manual labor laborsaving machines
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LABORSAVING — [la.bor.sav.ing] adj (ca. 1779): adapted to replace or decrease human and esp. manual labor
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LABORSAVING — adj. Pronunciation: ' l ā -b ə r- ˌ s ā -vi ŋ Function: adjective Date: circa 1779 : adapted …
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LUDDITE — noun Etymology: perhaps from Ned Ludd, 18th century Leicestershire workman who destroyed a knitting frame Date: 1811 one of a …
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TRICK — I. ˈtrik noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English trik, from Old North French trique, from trikier to trick, cheat, …
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LUDDITE — I. ˈləˌdīt noun ( -s ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Ned Ludd + English -ite : a member of a …
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FAVOR — I. ˈfāvə(r) noun ( -s ) Usage: see -or Etymology: Middle English favour, favor friendly regard, attractiveness, from Old French …
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LABOURSAVING — adj. saving work, saving effort (also laborsaving)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
LUDDITE — noun Etymology: perhaps from Ned Ludd, 18th century Leicestershire workman who destroyed a knitting frame Date: 1811 : one of …
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LUDDITE — [Ludd.ite] n [perh. fr. Ned Ludd, 18th cent. Leicestershire workman who destroyed machinery] (1811): one of a group of early …
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