-work
See also: work
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English -work, -werk, from Old English -weorc, -ġeweorc, equivalent to English work. Compare also Saterland Frisian -werk, Dutch -werk, German -werk, Norwegian -verk.
Suffix edit
-work
- Denoting a craft involving a particular material, tool, or practitioner
- Synonym: -craft
- masonwork
- metalwork
- needlework
- woodwork
- Denoting a structure or work of art crafted chiefly from a given material
- ironwork
- paintwork
- stonework
- waxwork
- Denoting the structure or mechanism of a given object.
- bridgework
- clockwork
- coachwork
- latticework