waterworks

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Noun

waterworks (plural waterworks)

1. The water supply system of a town etc., including reservoirs, pumps and pipes.
2. Any single facility, such as a filtration plant, within such a system.

Translations

• French: station de traitement d'eau
• German: Wasserwerk
• Italian: sistema idrico, acquedotto

Translations

• French: systéme hydraulique
• Italian: sistema idraulico

Noun

1. (informal) Tears; crying.

   She turned on the waterworks when we told her the old man was dead, but she was asking questions about the will soon enough.

2. (informal) The genitourinary system.

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