works
40
3.9
- noun
- /wɜrks/
- UK
:
fábrica
- The factory is one of the largest works in the region, employing thousands of people.
- public works
- civil works
- water works
Examples
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Well, I... received a letter... from the people at Dickinson's Metal Works...
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We're going to lure this thing into the Lead Works, and then what?
Fiction book (1992) -
Our friends were turned out while the Public Works Ministry conducted a survey.
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It's still named Corona Sewing Machine Works but we make machine guns now.
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Mr. MacAllister, director of the Bellinger Metal Works, will meet you on your arrival at the central.
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They got a late delivery of Turbo Man at Toy Works!
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And in 1 955, the Venini Museum and Glass Works was taken over by Drax Industries.
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On Apr. 29, 1992, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee began formal consideration of RCRA amendments.
Academic text (1993) -
Manufacturers like R.E. Olds, president of Olds Motor Works, rated the work of the student strikebreakers highly.
Academic text (1994) -
Dear Szigeti, I'm finding my way at Edison's Machine Works, where there's always too much to do and not enough time, never enough money or men, constant fixes, upgrades, emergencies.
Synonyms
981
4.8
A building or group of buildings where goods are made
4
2.8
A place where people build or repair buildings and machines
2
3.5
A group of buildings where goods are made with machines
1
9.2
A large building where people make things, like a factory
1
4.2
A factory where people make things from metal like tools or machine parts
1
3.9
A factory or group of factories where people make steel
1
5.3
A factory that turns iron into tools and machine parts
1
3.1
A place where building work happens
A factory that makes books, newspapers, and packaging
A place where people remove minerals from the ground now or in the past
Idioms
- Informal
55
3.8
Everything extra you can have, like extra burger toppings or a full spa service
1
8.6
Cause problems on purpose that stop a plan or process from working smoothly
Compounds
21
2.4
Roads, schools, and bridges that the government builds and keeps for people to use
- Formal
6
3.9
Government plan that gives people jobs building or fixing roads and buildings
- Jargon
A group of employees chosen by workers to speak to managers about pay and work conditions
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Works meaning a factory comes from the same old English work, where it could mean a 'place where work is done', and large sites for making things were called names like 'ironworks' or 'waterworks'. That's why 'works' often means a group of buildings and machines for making goods.