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WORK PARTY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An organized group of workmen
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("work party" is a kind of...):
social unit; unit (an organization regarded as part of a larger social group)
Meronyms (members of "work party"):
crewman (a member of a work crew)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "work party"):
shift (a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time)
detail (a crew of workers selected for a particular task)
chain gang (a gang of convicts chained together)
ground-service crew; ground crew (the crew of technicians and mechanics who service aircraft on the ground)
road gang (a gang of road workers)
section gang (a work crew assigned to a section of a railroad)
stage crew (crew of workers who move scenery or handle properties in a theatrical production)
Holonyms ("work party" is a member of...):
hands; manpower; men; work force; workforce (the force of workers available)
