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Definition: Spadework |
SpadeworkNoun1. Dull or routine preliminary work preparing for an undertaking. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "spadework" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1919. (references) |
| "Spadework" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Spadework" is used about 11 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 11 | 106,044 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "spadework"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | pjesë e punës së pakualifikuar. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | أعمال تمهيدية. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | черната предварителна работа, грубата предварителна работа. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | کاری که بابیل انجام میدهند. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | gros du travail. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | vorarbeit (groundwork, preliminary work, preparatory work). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | עבו"ת "כ " (groundwork). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | grosso dei preparatori. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 下地 (aptitude, elementary knowledge of, first coat of plastering, foundation, grounding in, groundwork, inclination, prearrangement, signs, soy, symptoms), 下拵え (preliminary arrangements, preparation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | した"しらえ (preliminary arrangements, preparation), したじ (aptitude, elementary knowledge of, first coat of plastering, foundation, grounding in, groundwork, inclination, prearrangement, signs, soy, symptoms). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | obbyr chiebbagh, bun-obbyr. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | adeworkspay trabalho preliminar. (various references) черная работа (common labour, menial work). (various references) pripremni rad, inženjerijski radovi. (various references) trabajo preparatorio (groundwork). (various references) förberedelsearbete. (various references) งานจั"เตรียมขั้นต้น. (various references) zahmetli hazırlık işi, belleme. (various references) чорна праця, копітка. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "spadework": spadeworks. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "spadework" (pronounced spā"dwer'k) |
| 4 | -d w er' k | beadwork, fieldwork, groundwork, leadwork, roadwork, woodwork. |
| 3 | -w er' k | artwork, brushwork, casework, clockwork, earthwork, firework, footwork, framework, guesswork, handiwork, homework, housework, latticework, legwork, masterwork, metalwork, needlework, network, openwork, paperwork, patchwork, piecework, plasterwork, schoolwork, teamwork. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-k-o-p-r-s-w" | |
-2 letters: powders, presoak, redowas, sparked. | |
-3 letters: adores, arkose, dewars, dopers, dowers, dowser, drakes, drapes, drowse, operas, oreads, padres, pareos, parked, parsed, pawers, pedros, pokers, powder, powers, prosed, rasped, redowa, resoak, sarode, soaked, soaker, soaped, soaper, soared, spader, spared, spoked, spored, spread, waders, wakers, warked, warped, worked, wreaks. | |
-4 letters: adore, apers, apods, apres, arose, asked. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-k-o-p-r-s-w" | |
+1 letter: spadeworks. | |
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