English Explanatory Dictionary

spadework

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Work done by digging with a spade.
Work done in preparation for something else.

Word forms

spadework

Etymology

From spade + work.

Synonyms

digging prep prep work preparatory work groundwork homework

Related words

spadeworker

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