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say it: LAY-bur
labor is a noun and verb meaning "a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages". It carries 10 recorded senses.
a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
“there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field”
concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
“she was in labor for six hours”
an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement
a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900; characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and formerly the socialization of key industries
the federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the United States; created in 1913
any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
“he prepared for great undertakings”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for labor come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.