labour-saving
adjective/ˈleɪbə seɪvɪŋ/
/ˈleɪbər seɪvɪŋ/
(US English labor-saving)
[usually before noun]- designed to reduce the amount of work or effort needed to do something
- modern labour-saving devices such as washing machines and dishwashers
Oxford Collocations DictionaryLabour-saving/labor-saving is used with these nouns:- device
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