Outwork

Pronunciation

• RP
• (verb) enPR: out-wûkʹ, IPA: /aÊŠtˈwɔːk/
• (noun) enPR: outʹwûk, IPA: /ˈaÊŠtwɔːk/
• GenAm
• (verb) enPR: out-wûrkʹ, IPA: /aÊŠtˈwɔːrk/
• (noun) enPR: outʹwûrk, IPA: /ˈaÊŠtwɔːrk/

Origin

- + work

Full definition of outwork

Verb

1. (rare) To work out to a finish; to complete.
• 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.vii:For now three dayes of men were full outwrought,
  Since he this hardie enterprize began ....
2. To work faster or harder than.

Noun

1. A minor, subsidiary fortification built beyond the main limits of fortification.

Anagrams

• workout, work out