Akademik

works

noun

1. buildings for carrying on industrial labor (Freq. 5)

- they built a large plant to manufacture automobiles

• Members of this Topic: ↑gas system

• Hypernyms: ↑building complex, ↑complex

• Hyponyms:

↑bottling plant, ↑brewery, ↑distillery, ↑still, ↑factory, ↑mill, ↑manufacturing plant, ↑manufactory, ↑mint, ↑packinghouse, ↑packing plant, ↑recycling plant, ↑refinery, ↑saltworks, ↑sewage disposal plant, ↑disposal plant, ↑smelter, ↑smeltery

2. performance of moral or religious acts (Freq. 1)

- salvation by deeds

- the reward for good works

• Syn: ↑deeds

• Usage Domain: ↑plural, ↑plural form

• Hypernyms: ↑activity

3. everything available; usually preceded by `the' (Freq. 1)

- we saw the whole shebang

- a hotdog with the works

- we took on the whole caboodle

- for $10 you get the full treatment

• Syn:

↑whole shebang, ↑whole kit and caboodle, ↑kit and caboodle, ↑whole kit and boodle, ↑kit and boodle, ↑whole kit, ↑whole caboodle, ↑whole works, ↑full treatment

• Hypernyms: ↑entirety, ↑entireness, ↑integrality, ↑totality

4. the internal mechanism of a device

• Syn: ↑workings

• Usage Domain: ↑plural, ↑plural form

• Hypernyms: ↑mechanism

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works [works] noun

» ↑work

Synonyms:

factory

plant • mill • works • yard • workshop • foundry

These are all words for buildings or places where things are made or where industrial processes take place.

factory • a building or group of buildings where goods are made:

▪ a chocolate/cigarette/clothing factory

plant • a factory or place where power is produced or an industrial process takes place:

▪ a nuclear power plant

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▪ a manufacturing plant

mill • a factory that produces a particular type of material:

▪ a cotton/paper/textile/woollen mill

works • (often in compounds) a place where things are made or an industrial process takes place:

▪ a brickworks

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▪ a steelworks

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▪ Raw materials were carried to the works by barge.

yard • (usually in compounds) an area of land used for building sth:

▪ a shipyard

workshop • a room or building in which things are made or repaired using tools or machinery:

▪ a car repair workshop

foundry • a factory where metal or glass is melted and made into different shapes or objects:

▪ an iron foundry

a car/chemical/munitions factory/plant

an engineering plant/works

to manage/run a factory/plant/mill/works/yard/workshop/foundry

to work in/at a factory/plant/mill/yard/workshop/foundry

factory/mill/foundry owners/managers/workers

Example Bank:

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Raw materials were carried to the works by barge.

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upper ten, works

see upper a. 20, 21.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.