Associations to the word «Outwork»

Wiktionary

OUTWORK, verb. (rare) To work out to a finish; to complete.
OUTWORK, verb. To work faster or harder than.
OUTWORK, noun. A minor, subsidiary fortification built beyond the main limits of fortification.

Dictionary definition

OUTWORK, noun. Subsidiary defensive structure lying outside the main fortified area; "the outworks of the castle".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne