B2nounformalworkhistory
US/tɔɪl/
UK/tɔɪl/
long, hard, tiring work
In context
After years of toil, the family finally owned their own land.
The farmers returned home exhausted from a long day of toil.
Their daily toil in the mines earned them very little money.
Words that go with toil
noun + preposition
- years of toilYears of toil had made his hands rough.
- a life of toilShe escaped a life of toil by studying hard.
adjective + noun
- daily toilThe villagers accepted daily toil as normal life.
- backbreaking toilRice planting is backbreaking toil.
- hard toilThe success was the fruit of hard toil.
noun + noun
- toil and sweatThe bridge was built with toil and sweat.
Common mistakes
Incorrect:
a toilCorrect: toil