workshop
workshop Lexical Profile
workshop Game Scores & Validity
• noun
An educational seminar or series of meetings emphasizing interaction and exchange of information among a usually small number of participants.
"The university is hosting a creative writing workshop for aspiring authors this weekend."
A room or building in which goods are manufactured or repaired.
"The carpenter spent the entire afternoon in his workshop building a custom dining table."
• verb
To present, discuss, and refine (a project, script, or idea) collaboratively with a group.
"The playwright decided to workshop the new script with a group of local actors before finalizing the dialogue."
• Rhymes for workshop
Word Origin & Etymology
From Middle English, combining 'work' and 'shop'. The term originally referred strictly to a room or building for manual labor. The figurative sense referring to a collaborative educational or creative seminar emerged in the 1930s.