work-in

1. 1.

   occasion when workers continue to work as a protest against e.g. proposed dismissal or closure of the factory

   Broaderdemonstration

Questions about work-in

What does work-in mean?

work-in means "occasion when workers continue to work as a protest against e.g. proposed dismissal or closure of the factory".

How many syllables are in work-in?

work-in has 2 syllables and divides as wor-k-in under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is work-in a common word?

work-in is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.