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worksteads

worksteads is the plural of workstead.

Meaning of workstead

Noun

workstead (plural worksteads)

  1. 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
    1. 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
    2. A laboratory.

Questions about worksteads

What is worksteads the plural of?
Worksteads is the plural of workstead.

Words near worksteads in the dictionary

  1. workstand
  2. workstands
  3. workstation
  4. workstations
  5. workstead
  6. worksteads
  7. workstock
  8. workstone
  9. workstones
  10. workstrand
  11. workstrands

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