construction worker
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Definition
- Noun:
- A person employed in the building industry: A construction worker is someone who performs physical labor on construction sites, such as building, repairing, or demolishing structures like houses, offices, roads, and bridges.
- A skilled or semi-skilled laborer in construction: This term encompasses a range of trades and tasks, including carpentry, masonry, operating heavy machinery, and general site labor.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- The construction worker wore a hard hat and safety vest on the site.
- A team of construction workers is needed to complete the new hospital by next year.
- He started his career as a construction worker before becoming a site foreman.
Advanced Usage
- "to work as a construction worker": to have the job of building structures.
- During the summer, he works as a construction worker to save money for college.
Variants and Related Words
- Construction laborer: A general term for a worker performing basic tasks on a construction site.
- Builder: A more general term for someone who constructs things, often used interchangeably but can imply a higher skill level or ownership.
- Hard hat: A term sometimes used informally to refer to a construction worker, derived from their primary safety gear.
- Crew: Refers to a group of construction workers.
- The construction crew arrived at dawn.
Synonyms
- Builder
- Hard hat (informal)
- Laborer (in the context of construction)
- Craftsman (for skilled trades like carpentry or masonry within construction)
Related Phrases
- Construction site: The location where construction workers perform their jobs.
- Access to the construction site is restricted to authorized personnel only.
- Construction industry: The broader economic sector encompassing all construction work and workers.
Noun
- a worker skilled in building offices or dwellings etc.