hard labour

hard la·bour

H h

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [hahrd ley-ber]
- /hɑrd ˈleɪ bər/
- /hɑːd ˈleɪbə(r)/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [hahrd ley-ber]
- /hɑrd ˈleɪ bər/

Definitions of hard labour words

uncountable noun hard labour Hard labour is hard physical work which people have to do as punishment for a crime. 0
noun hard labour (formerly) the penalty of compulsory physical labour imposed in addition to a sentence of imprisonment: abolished in England in 1948 0

See all 2 definitions of hard labour

Information block about the term

Parts of speech for Hard labour

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Hard labour

hard labour popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 55% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.