WORK PARTY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

An organized group of workmen

Synonyms:

crew; gang; work party

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("work party" is a kind of...):

social unit; unit (an organization regarded as part of a larger social group)

Meronyms (members of "work party"):

crewman (a member of a work crew)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "work party"):

shift (a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time)

detail (a crew of workers selected for a particular task)

chain gang (a gang of convicts chained together)

ground-service crew; ground crew (the crew of technicians and mechanics who service aircraft on the ground)

road gang (a gang of road workers)

section gang (a work crew assigned to a section of a railroad)

stage crew (crew of workers who move scenery or handle properties in a theatrical production)

Holonyms ("work party" is a member of...):

hands; manpower; men; work force; workforce (the force of workers available)