spadework – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
spadework
n.
hard dull drudgery preparatory work; work carried out with a spade
Spadework
spadework
Noun
1. dull or routine preliminary work preparing for an undertaking
(hypernym) work
spadework
Synonyms and related words:
arrangement, basic training, briefing, clearing the decks, dirty work, donkeywork, drudgery, employment, equipment, fag, familiarization, fatigue, fixing, foundation, grind, groundwork, handiwork, handwork, industry, labor, lick, lick of work, makeready, making ready, manual labor, manufacture, mobilization, moil, planning, prearrangement, preliminaries, preliminary, preliminary act, preliminary step, prep, preparation, preparatory study, preparing, prepping, prerequisite, pretreatment, processing, propaedeutic, provision, rat race, readying, scut work, slavery, stroke, stroke of work, sweat, task, tiresome work, toil, training, travail, treadmill, treatment, trial, tryout, warm-up, work
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Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
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