manual labor

== English == === Alternative forms === manual labour === Noun === manual labor (countable and uncountable, plural manual labors) (American spelling) Work done by hand or using basic tools rather than by machines; usually physically demanding but (sometimes derogatory) unskilled labor. Synonym: manual work ==== Coordinate terms ==== handwork (sometimes synonymous, but sometimes intricate and skilled rather than strenuous and unskilled) ==== Derived terms ==== manual laborer ==== Translations ====