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Definition of "workmanship" []

  • The skill of a craftsperson or artisan. (noun)
  • The quality of something made, as by an artisan: a silver tray of excellent workmanship. (noun)
  • Something made or produced by a workman. (noun)
  • The product of effort or endeavor. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "workmanship" in a sentence
  • "Such vehicles hark back to an era of class and pride in workmanship - and when "going green" merely meant feeling rather ill."
  • "I hope all this enjoyment eventually translates into objects whose workmanship is not too shoddy."
  • "The best fitting syn stock to metal I ever saw and the workmanship is superior to most Syn stocked firearms."