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watchworks

watchworks

7.0
A factory where people make or fix watches
  • noun
  • /ˈwɑːtʃwɜrks/
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  • She accepted a job at the local watchworks, assembling tiny gears and springs for new timepieces.

Examples

  • The old watchworks building was converted into a museum about the history of timekeeping.

  • Many skilled craftsmen were employed at the watchworks in the center of town.

  • The watchworks are fascinating.

  • Can you visit the watchworks today?

  • She accepted a job at the local watchworks, assembling tiny gears and springs for new timepieces.

  • Many skilled craftsmen were employed at the watchworks in the center of town.

  • The old watchworks building was converted into a museum about the history of timekeeping.

How Big

factory
869 1.0
watchworks
7.0
workshop
61 2.3
repair shop
19 2.1

Surface Forms

watchworks singular
watchworks plural

Morphology

watchworks = watch + works (transparent) = watch + works

A straightforward compound of 'watch' + 'works' meaning a place where watches are made or repaired; the meaning follows standard compounding.

Etymology

Watchworks is simply the words watch and works put together, and works can mean a place that makes things (think of 'ironworks'). So watchworks originally means a 'workshop' or factory where watches are made.