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nightwork

UK/ˈnʌɪtwəːk/

nightwork noun: work which is carried out at night.

Noun

nightwork (uncountable)

  1. Work which is carried out at night.
    • Much of that highway reconstruction project was nightwork.
    • I don't know why it is the hours fly with such a strange celerity in the monotony and solitude of such nightwork.1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard

Origin of nightwork

From night + work. Compare Dutch nachtwerk, German Nachtwerk.

Questions about nightwork

What does nightwork mean?
Nightwork means work which is carried out at night.
What part of speech is nightwork?
Nightwork is a noun.
How do you pronounce nightwork?
Nightwork is pronounced /ˈnʌɪtwəːk/ (UK).

Words near nightwork in the dictionary

  1. nightwatchmen
  2. nightwatchwoman
  3. nightwatchwomen
  4. nightwear
  5. nightwears
  6. nightwork
  7. nightworker
  8. nightworkers
  9. nighty
  10. nighty night
  11. nighty-night

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