works
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /wɜːks/
- (General American) IPA(key): /wɝks/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɜː(r)ks
Noun
works
- plural of work
works pl (plural only)
- A mechanism or machine; the means by which something happens.
- A stray wrench can really gum up the works.
- A factory or factories, or similar collection(s) of buildings.
- The steel works almost fills the valley.
- 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 22, in The Mirror and the Lamp:
- In the autumn there was a row at some cement works about the unskilled labour men. A union had just been started for them and all but a few joined. One of these blacklegs was laid for by a picket and knocked out of time.
- (with "the") Everything or everything that is available or possible; especially, all available toppings on food.
- I'll have a Behemoth Burger with the works.
- (with "the") Drastic treatment; abuse; the axe (dismissal).
- Why did Constantinople get the works?
Derived terms
Terms derived from works
- brassworks
- brickworks
- bronzeworks
- clayworks
Translations
Plural form of work
A mechanism or machine; the means by which something happens
a factory
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Everything or everything that is available or possible; especially, all available toppings on food
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