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war-work

war-work is the alternative form of war work.

Meaning of war work

Noun

war work (uncountable)

  1. Work for an organization other than the military that supports a country's war activities.
    • Carriages have been converted into ambulance trains; railway workshops have made guns, tanks, aeroplanes and other war equipment, and railway steamships have done their full share of war work on Admiralty service.1943 March and April, John R. Hind, “The British Railways at War”, in Railway Magazine, page 95

Questions about war-work

What is war-work the alternative form of?
War-work is the alternative form of war work.

Words near war-work in the dictionary

  1. war-torn
  2. war-wearier
  3. war-weariest
  4. war-weariness
  5. war-weary
  6. war-work
  7. war-worker
  8. war-workers
  9. war-zone
  10. War.
  11. warabi

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