WORK SONG

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A usually rhythmical song to accompany repetitious work

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("work song" is a kind of...):

song; vocal (a short musical composition with words)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "work song"):

chantey; chanty; sea chantey; shanty (a rhythmical work song originally sung by sailors)

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