spadework
(noun) dull or routine preliminary work preparing for an undertaking
Source: WordNet® 3.1
spadework (uncountable)
Work done by digging with a spade.
(figuratively) Work done in preparation for something else.
• There's a lot of spadework to be done before the scheme can be implemented.
• (work done by digging with a spade): digging
• (work done in preparation): prep, prep work, preparatory work, groundwork, homework
Source: Wiktionary
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
