English Explanatory Dictionary

works

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. plural of work in its countable senses
noun
  1. A factory or factories, or a similar collection(s) of industrial facilities.
noun
  1. A mechanism or machinery; the means by which something happens.
  2. Everything or everything that is available or possible; especially, all available toppings on food.
  3. Drastic treatment; abuse; the axe (dismissal).
  4. A heroin or other drug addict's equipment: syringes, needles, etc.
verb
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of work
name
  1. plural of Work

Pronunciation

/wɜːks/ /wɝks/ en-us-works.ogg

Word forms

works

Synonyms

all the marbles bag and baggage everytang everything but the galley stove everything but the kitchen sink everything under the sun full monty hook line and sinker kit and caboodle lock stock and barrel the whole bang shoot the whole nine yards the works whole ball of wax whole hog whole enchilada whole kit and caboodle whole package whole shebang whole shitting match whole shooting match whole smash

Related words

worked wrought all the way in the works the whole nine yards the whole shebang the whole shop

Derived words

clerk of the works clerk of works works righteousness gum up the works spanner in the works Stoke Works works agreement works council works councillor works team wrench in the works

Translations

Dutch: werken German: Arbeiten Hungarian: művek Hungarian: munkák Hungarian: munkálatok Hungarian: gyár Hungarian: üzem Hungarian: -mű Hungarian: telep Ido: labori Polish: prace Polish: fabryka Polish: zakład Bulgarian: завод Bulgarian: фабрика Estonian: tehas Māori: wharemahi
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