works
A factory or factories, or a similar collection of industrial facilitiesA factory or factories, or a similar collection(s) of industrial facilities.
Meaning
5 sensesA factory or factories, or a similar collection(s) of industrial facilities.
The steel works almost fills the valley.
(plural, plural only)A mechanism or machinery; the means by which something happens.
Aged and degraded oil and grease can really gum up the works.
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(plural, plural only, with definite article)Everything or everything that is available or possible; especially, all available toppings on food.
I'll have a Behemoth Burger with the works.
everything available; usually preceded by ‘the’
(plural, plural only, with definite article)Drastic treatment; abuse; the axe (dismissal).
(plural, plural only, slang)A heroin or other drug addict's equipment: syringes, needles, etc.
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Forms
plural: worksSynonyms
34 synonyms- performance of moral or religious acts:deeds
- the internal mechanism of a device:workings
- buildings for carrying on industrial labor:plantindustrial plant
- everything available; usually preceded by ‘the’:whole shebangwhole kit and caboodlekit and caboodlewhole kit and boodlekit and boodlewhole kitwhole caboodlewhole works