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grasswork

grasswork noun: the making of handicrafts, such as woven baskets, from grass.

Noun

grasswork (uncountable)

  1. The making of handicrafts, such as woven baskets, from grass.
    • Common to most southern Africans, Basothos do a great deal of grasswork.1994, Marco Turco, Visitors' Guide to Lesotho, page 33

Origin of grasswork

From grass + -work.

Questions about grasswork

What does grasswork mean?
Grasswork means the making of handicrafts, such as woven baskets, from grass.
What part of speech is grasswork?
Grasswork is a noun.

Words near grasswork in the dictionary

  1. grasswards
  2. grassweed
  3. grassweeds
  4. Grasswell
  5. grasswidowhood
  6. grasswork
  7. grasswort
  8. grassworts
  9. grasswrack
  10. grasswren
  11. grasswrens

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