Pronunciation
How to pronounce “labor”
“labor” is pronounced /leɪbɚ/ — 2 syllables.
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labor
/leɪbɚ/
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2 syllables. Stress the 'lab' part (say it longer and louder) and let the others relax — unstressed vowels often soften to a lazy /ə/.Meaning
a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
“there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field”
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