English Online Dictionary. What means works? What does works mean?
English
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /wɜːks/
- (General American) IPA(key): /wɝks/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ks
Noun
works
- plural of work in its countable senses
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Related terms
- worked (adj), wrought (adj)
Noun
works (plural works)
- A factory or factories, or a similar collection(s) of industrial facilities.
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Noun
works pl (plural only)
- A mechanism or machinery; the means by which something happens.
- Hyponym: millworks
- (with "the") Everything or everything that is available or possible; especially, all available toppings on food.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:everything
- (with "the") Drastic treatment; abuse; the axe (dismissal).
- (slang) A heroin or other drug addict's equipment: syringes, needles, etc.
Derived terms
- (mechanism or machinery): spanner in the works
Translations
Verb
works
- third-person singular simple present indicative of work
See also
- all the way
- in the works
- the whole nine yards
- the whole shebang
- the whole shop