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in labour

in labour prepositional phrase: in the process of giving birth.

Prepositional phrase

  1. in the process of giving birth

Questions about in labour

What does in labour mean?
In labour means in the process of giving birth.
What part of speech is in labour?
In labour is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in labour in the dictionary

  1. in keeping with
  2. in key
  3. in kid
  4. in kind
  5. in knots
  6. in labour
  7. in lamb
  8. in lame man's terms
  9. in lap
  10. in laps
  11. in layman's terms

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