MANUAL LABOR

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Labor done with the hands

Synonyms:

manual labor; manual labour

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("manual labor" is a kind of...):

labor; labour; toil (productive work (especially physical work done for wages))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "manual labor"):

application; coating; covering (the work of applying something)

bodywork (the work of making or repairing vehicle bodies)

handling (manual (or mechanical) carrying or moving or delivering or working with something)

picking (the act of picking (crops or fruit or hops etc.))

planking (the work of covering an area with planks)

wiring (the work of installing the wires for an electrical system or device)