outwork meaning
EN
[aʊtˈwɔːk] [ˈaʊtwɔːk] [aʊtˈwɔːrk] [ˈaʊtwɔːrk] WOutwork
- An outwork is a minor fortification built or established outside the principal fortification limits, detached or semidetached.
- NounPLoutworksPREout-SUF-work
- (architecture) A minor, subsidiary fortification built beyond the main limits of fortification.
- (architecture) A minor, subsidiary fortification built beyond the main limits of fortification.
- VerbSGoutworksPRoutworkingPT, PPoutworked
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- The United States dominated, and then in extra time outworked the outmanned Mexicans, with Jozy Altidore and Donovan setting up Bradley’s second goal.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of outwork in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Morphemes
- Prefixes
- Words by prefix
- Words prefixed with out-
- Words prefixed with out-
- Words by prefix
- Prefixes
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Verbs
- Morphemes
- en outworks
- en outworked
- en outworking
- en outworkings
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "outwork" is a morpheme, more specifically, a prefixe. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb.