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work·place
(wûrk′plās′)n.
1. A place, such as an office or factory, where people are employed.
2. The work setting in general: "one of the last male bastions of the American workplace" (Wall Street Journal).
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workplace
(ˈwɜːkˌpleɪs)n
(Industrial Relations & HR Terms) a place, such as a factory or office, where people work
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work•place
(ˈwɜrkˌpleɪs)n.
the place where one is employed or customarily does one's work; one's office, laboratory, etc.
[1820–30]
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| Noun | 1. | workplace - a place where work is done; "he arrived at work early today" bakehouse, bakery, bakeshop - a workplace where baked goods (breads and cakes and pastries) are produced or sold beehive - any workplace where people are very busy brokerage house, brokerage - place where a broker conducts his business central, telephone exchange, exchange - a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication colliery, pit - a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it creamery - a workplace where dairy products (butter and cheese etc.) are produced or sold drill site - workplace that is the site of a drill hole exchange - a workplace for buying and selling; open only to members farm - workplace consisting of farm buildings and cultivated land as a unit; "it takes several people to work the farm" fish farm - a workplace (usually a pond) where fish are raised for food gasworks - the workplace where coal gas is manufactured glassworks - a workplace where glass is made ironworks - the workplace where iron is smelted or where iron goods are made job - a workplace; as in the expression "on the job"; lab, laboratory, research lab, research laboratory, science lab, science laboratory - a workplace for the conduct of scientific research laundry - workplace where clothes are washed and ironed location - a workplace away from a studio at which some or all of a movie may be made; "they shot the film on location in Nevada" locker room - a room (as at an athletic facility or workplace) where you can change clothes and which contains lockers for the temporary storage of your clothing and personal possessions lumberyard - a workplace where lumber is stocked for sale proving ground - a workplace for testing new equipment or ideas roundhouse - workplace consisting of a circular building for repairing locomotives shipyard - a workplace where ships are built or repaired shop floor - workplace consisting of the part of a factory housing the machines; "the productive work is done on the shop floor" studio - workplace for the teaching or practice of an art; "she ran a dance studio"; "the music department provided studios for their students"; "you don't need a studio to make a passport photograph" studio - workplace consisting of a room or building where movies or television shows or radio programs are produced and recorded tannery - workplace where skins and hides are tanned test bed - a place equipped with instruments for testing (e.g. engines or machinery or computer programs etc.) under working conditions waterworks - workplace where water is stored and purified and distributed for a community geographic point, geographical point - a point on the surface of the Earth |
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Translations
pracoviště
arbejdsplads
työpaikka
radno mjesto
職場
일터
arbetsplats
สถานที่ทำงาน
nơi làm việc
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workplace
work place [ˈwɜːrkpleɪs] n → lieu m de travailwork prospects npl [student] → perspectives fpl d'emploiCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
workplace
→ مَحَلُّ العَمَل pracoviště arbejdsplads Arbeitsplatz χώρος εργασίας lugar de trabajo työpaikka lieu de travail radno mjesto posto di lavoro 職場 일터 werkplaats arbeidsplass miejsce pracy local de trabalho рабочее место arbetsplats สถานที่ทำงาน işyeri nơi làm việc 工作场所Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
workplace
n lugar m de(l) trabajoEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.