workshop

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workshop/ˈwɜːkʃɒp/

▶noun

• 1 a room or building in which goods are manufactured or repaired.

• 2 a meeting at which a group engages in intensive discussion and activity on a particular subject or project.

▶verb (workshops, workshopping, workshopped) perform (a dramatic work) using improvisation and discussion to explore aspects of the production prior to formal staging.