English Explanatory Dictionary

inwork

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Indoor work; work done inside the home.
verb
  1. To work in or into.
  2. To work or operate within.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-inwork.wav

Word forms

inwork inworks inworking inwrought inworked

Etymology

From Middle English *inwork, *inwerk, from Old English inweorc (“indoor work”), from Proto-West Germanic *inwerk, equivalent to in- + work. Cognate with Scots inwark, inwork (“domestic work, indoor work”).

Derived words

inworking inwrought
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