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skunk works

skunk works is the alternative spelling of skunkworks.

Meaning of skunkworks

Noun

skunkworks (plural skunkworks)

  1. A loosely organized research and development team or facility.
    • Not all ideas coming out of the Phillips skunkworks have been success stories, of course. A polyethelene saddle never even made it through the patent process.1998 January 19, Teresa Riordan, “When it comes to number of patents, the petroleum industry is a veritable gusher”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Forms of skunk works

pluralskunk works

Questions about skunk works

What is skunk works the alternative spelling of?
Skunk works is the alternative spelling of skunkworks.

Words near skunk works in the dictionary

  1. skunk spruce
  2. skunk tail
  3. skunk tails
  4. skunk tree
  5. skunk up
  6. skunk works
  7. skunkbag
  8. skunkbags
  9. skunkbear
  10. skunkbears
  11. skunkbird

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