noun
works
wurks
noun
1
A factory or industrial site, or the group of such facilities belonging to one operation.
"The steel works closed down in the 1980s."
2
The internal mechanism that makes a device operate.
"He took apart the clock to see the works inside."
3
Informally, everything available or included, especially with food.
"I'll have a burger with the works, please."
How to Use Works
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishCan mean a factory, the inner mechanism of a machine, or informally "everything included."
Common pairings
steel works
the works of a clock
with the works
Word Forms
works plural
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