union

Definition

• n. an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer
• n. the United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War)
• n. the state of being joined or united or linked
• n. healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones

Word forms

Plural

unions

Example sentences

1. n.

   The workers formed a union to protect their rights and improve working conditions.

2. n.

   The plumber used a union to connect two pipes together securely.