workstead
workstead noun: any place, such as a workshop, office, studio, or garage, set up where work can be performed; a workstation.
Noun
workstead (plural worksteads)
- Any place, such as a workshop, office, studio, or garage, set up where work can be performed; a workstation.
- As we walked we saw white slags lying together; where perhaps had been the workstead of some ancient artificer.1888, Charles Montagu Doughty, Travels in Arabia Deserta
- The factors to consider in establishing a computer workstead can be divided into two categories (or perhaps linked to a two-headed monster): the computer's turf and everything else about home-based business.1982, Personal computer
- A place of employment; workplace.
- Today there is a trend back to the old workstead as technology can bring people within sight and sound of each other even though they are hundreds of miles apart.1999, Betty Neville Michelozzi, Coming Alive from Nine to Five
- A laboratory.
Forms of workstead
| plural | worksteads |
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Origin of workstead
From work + stead. Cognate with German Werkstatt (“workshop”), Swedish verkstad (“workshop”).
Questions about workstead
- What does workstead mean?
- Workstead means any place, such as a workshop, office, studio, or garage, set up where work can be performed; a workstation.
- What part of speech is workstead?
- Workstead is a noun.
- What is the plural of workstead?
- The plural of workstead is worksteads.
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