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works¹

  • /wɜːks/ UK
  • /wɝks/ US

Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)ks

noun

  1. plural plural of work in its countable senses

noun works

  1. A factory or factories, or a similar collection(s) of industrial facilities. The steel works almost fills the valley.

noun

  1. plural, plural only A mechanism or machinery; the means by which something happens. Aged and degraded oil and grease can really gum up the works.
  2. plural, plural only, with definite article Everything or everything that is available or possible; especially, all available toppings on food. I'll have a Behemoth Burger with the works.

    Similar: 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

  3. plural, plural only, with definite article Drastic treatment; abuse; the axe (dismissal). Why did Constantinople get the works?
  4. plural, plural only, slang A heroin or other drug addict's equipment: syringes, needles, etc. While in San Francisco, where the AIDS crisis was particularly devastating, they saw numerous public awareness signs reading “Bleach Your Works” posted around the city, urging IV drug users to clean their needles with bleach to help staunch the spread of the disease.

verb

  1. indicative, present, singular, third person third-person singular simple present indicative of work

Works²

proper noun

  1. A surname.
  2. plural plural of Work

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: whole shebang, plant, deeds, full treatment, industrial plant, whole caboodle, whole kit, whole works, facilities, factory, worker, papers, engineered, projects, engineer, march

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noun plural form of work (in its countable senses)

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@misc{works_2026,
  title = {works},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/works},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}