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