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travails

The correct spelling is travails.

How to pronounce travails

noun

Say it like: Tra-vay-ls

The correct spelling is travails. Arduous or painful exertion; excessive labor, suffering, hardship. For example: "space travel"

Usage Examples

space travel

I’m off on my travels around France again.

My drill press has a travel of only 1.5 inches.

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.Arduous or painful exertion; excessive labor, suffering, hardship.
  2. 2.Specifically, the labor of childbirth.
  3. 3.An act of working; labor (US), labour (British).
  4. 4.The eclipse of a celestial object.
  5. 5.The act of traveling; passage from place to place.

verb

  1. 1.To toil.
  2. 2.To go through the labor of childbirth.

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