Home › Words › L › laborshedlaborshedlaborshed means A regional workforce, those available for and willing to work.EtymologyBy analogy from watershed, likening the regional workforce to the catchment of a river system.nounA regional workforce, those available for and willing to work.e.g.“Greater Dubuque Development Corp.'s 2006 analysis, conducted by Iowa Workforce Development, surveyed some 600 qualifying working-age residents in the multi-county laborshed area.” — 2006 August 9, “Study: Worker pool overflowing”, in Telegraph Herald, Dubuque Iowa, page 1:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.milkshed 58% match — A region producing milk that may be supplied to the area of demand with practical (competitively advantageous) speed and cost of transport. vs laborshed →workshed 55% match — A shed where work is carried out. vs laborshed →foodshed 53% match — The region that produces the food for a particular population. vs laborshed →shedhand 51% match — A worker in a sheep-shearing shed. vs laborshed →laboral 51% match — Of or pertaining to labor. vs laborshed →shipworker 50% match — A person who works in a shipyard. vs laborshed →shoreworker 50% match — Someone who works on land in the fishing industry vs laborshed →laboural 49% match — Of or pertaining to labour. vs laborshed →