works

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see also: Works

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Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /wɜːks/
• (America) IPA: /wɝks/

Noun

1. plural form of work in its countable senses
2. A mechanism or machine; the means by which something happens.

   A stray wrench can really gum up the works.

3. A factory or factories, or similar collection(s) of buildings.

   The steel works almost fills the valley.

4. (with "the") Everything or everything that is available or possible; especially, all available toppings on food.

   I'll have a Behemoth Burger with the works.

5. (with "the") Drastic treatment; abuse; the axe dismissal.

   Why did Constantinople get the works?

Translations

• German: Arbeiten

Verb

1. third-person singular form of work

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Works

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Proper noun

1. plural form of Work

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