workmanship meaning

• Noun: workmanship  'wurkmun`ship
  1. Skill in an occupation or trade
     - craft, craftsmanship

  Derived forms: workmanships

  See also: workman

  Type of: accomplishment, acquirement, acquisition, attainment, skill

  Encyclopedia: Workmanship

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  [Business]
  AmE / noun [U]

  the skill with which sb makes sth, especially when this affects the way it looks or works:

  Our buyers insist on high standards of workmanship and materials.

  A number of fatal accidents have been caused by shoddy

  (= bad) workmanship.

  ❖ bad/faulty/good/poor/shoddy workmanship

• This vase is a piece of exquisite workmanship.
• The workmanship surpasses the work.
• It is entirely hand-made with wonderful workmanship.
• They admired her workmanship.
• Some of the workmanship on bone was extraordinarily fine.
• It is therefore bodiless . it is wonderful workmanship!
• These two paintings are well-matched in workmanship . it 's hard to say which is better.
• This house, the papers were fond of repeating, would be a jewel of rare workmanship.
• Our new washing-machine keeps breaking down -- it is entirely due to shoddy workmanship.
• workmanship : membrane-coating, roller painting, baking-finish

• "workmanship" meaning in Chinese: 操作工艺
• "workmanship" meaning in Japanese: workmanship n. (職人の)技量, 腕; 出来ばえ, 製作, 作り; 仕事ぶり. 【動詞＋】 ◆put ...
• "workmanship" meaning in Russian: 1) искусство, мастерство; квалификация Ex: a piece of work...
• "workmanship" meaning in French: n. travail; façon; exécution, fabrication