waterworks
The water supply system of a district, town, city, or other place, including…The water supply system of a district, town, city, or other place, including reservoirs, pipes, and pumps.
» The waterworks is located not far from my home.
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Examples
1 sentencesThe waterworks is located not far from my home.
Meaning
7 sensesThe water supply system of a district, town, city, or other place, including reservoirs, pipes, and pumps.
Wasserwerk, Wasserkunst, Wasserversorgung
(figuratively, informal)Often in the form turn on the waterworks: crying or tears, especially in a way that is considered manipulative or over-emotional.
She turned on the waterworks when we told her the old man was dead, but she was asking questions about the will soon enough.
Geheul, Tränen
(figuratively, informal)Rain.
More meanings 4
Any single facility, such as a filtration plant or pumping station, within such a system.
She is employed by a waterworks at the outskirts of the city.
Wasserwerk, Wasseraufbereitungsanlage
(UK, euphemistic, figuratively)The genitourinary system.
(historical)A hydraulic apparatus by which a supply of water is furnished for ornamental purposes; also, an ornamental fountain or waterfall.
Wasserkunst
(archaic)Engineering works relating to the conveyance and flow of fluids (principally water), such as the collection and distribution of water, drainage, irrigation, etc.
- a public utility that provides water
- workplace where water is stored and purified and distributed for a community
Origin
From water + works (“machine, mechanism; factory or factories”).From water + works (“machine, mechanism; factory or factories”).
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Forms
plural: waterworks| Singular | waterworks |
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Synonyms
2 synonyms- a public utility that provides water:water company
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.