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   travail

   /ˈtraveɪl/

   noun

   • 1. painful or laborious effort: "advice for those who wish to save great sorrow and travail"
   • ▪ labour pains: "a woman in travail"

   verb

   • 1. engage in painful or laborious effort: "creation may travail in pain but it cannot escape its destiny"
   • ▪ (of a woman) be in labour.

   Word Origin Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin trepalium ‘instrument of torture’, from Latin tres ‘three’ + palus ‘stake’.

   Scrabble Points: 10

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   The meaning of TRAVAIL is work especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil. How to use travail in a sentence. Did you know? Synonym Discussion of Travail.

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   TRAVAIL definition: 1. an unpleasant experience or situation, especially one that involves a lot of hard work or…. Learn more.

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   TRAVAIL meaning: 1. an unpleasant experience or situation, especially one that involves a lot of hard work or…. Learn more.

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   Travail definition: painfully difficult or burdensome work; toil.. See examples of TRAVAIL used in a sentence.

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   Definitions of travail. noun. use of physical or mental energy; hard work. synonyms: effort, elbow grease, exertion, sweat. see more. verb. work hard. synonyms: dig, drudge, fag, grind, labor, labour, moil, toil. see more. noun. concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child.

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   1. painfully difficult or burdensome work; toil. 2. pain, anguish, or suffering resulting from mental or physical hardship. 3. the pain of childbirth; labor. v.i.

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   Definition of travail noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.