Definition of -work in English:
-work
1Denoting things or parts made of a specified material or with specified tools.
‘silverwork’- ‘fretwork’
- 1.1Denoting a mechanism or structure of a specified kind.‘bridgework’
- ‘clockwork’
- 1.2Denoting ornamentation of a specified kind, or articles having such ornamentation.
- ‘knotwork’
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