grasswork

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noun

The making of handicrafts, such as woven baskets, from grass.

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Meanings

noungrasswork (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe making of handicrafts, such as woven baskets, from grass.

    Common to most southern Africans, Basothos do a great deal of grasswork.

    1994, Marco Turco, Visitors' Guide to Lesotho, page 33

Origin

From grass + -work.

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APA

grasswork. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grasswork

MLA

“grasswork.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grasswork. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “grasswork,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grasswork.

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