spadeworknoun [ U ]
uk/ˈspeɪd.wɜːk/us/ˈspeɪd.wɝːk/mainly UKhard, sometimes boring work done in preparation for something:
Now that the spadework's all been done, we can start to write the report itself.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Work, working and the workplace
- a long way to go idiom
- act as sth 1
- act as sth
- all work and no play (makes Jack a dull boy) idiom
- assignment
- cabin
- hold down a job idiom
- hoop
- hot desk
- hot-desking
- hotelling
- housekeeping
- labour
- slog
- slouch
- stroke
- sweat
- sweat over sth
- swing into action idiom
- temp
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