works works [wɜːks ǁ wɜːrks] noun [plural]
1. old-fashioned MANUFACTURING a building or group of buildings in which goods are produced in large quantities or an industrial process happens:
• The brick works closed last year.
2. the activity involved in doing something on a large scale:
• Who is in charge of the engineering works?
the building of something on a large scale, paid for by a government:
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Ⅰ.
works
► [plural] UK the activity of building or repairing something: engineering/repair works »
The road was closed for essential repair works.
Main Entry: ↑work
Ⅱ.
works
► [C] PRODUCTION an industrial building where materials or goods are manufactured: »
Residents protested about the waste produced by the nearby industrial works.
»a chemical/gas/steel works
»the works foreman/manager/supervisor
»the works close down/open
Main Entry: ↑work
Ⅲ.
works UK }} US }} /wɜːks/ noun [plural]
Financial and business terms. 2012.