"works" | Definition and Related Words

works

Noun

Buildings for carrying on industrial labor (synset 103963198)
"they built a large plant to manufacture automobiles"

associated with: gas system - facility (plant and equipment) for providing natural-gas service

is a type of: building complex, complex - a whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures
subtypes:
- bottling plant - a plant where beverages are put into bottles with caps
- brewery - a plant where beer is brewed by fermentation
- distillery, still - a plant and works where alcoholic drinks are made by distillation
- factory, manufactory, manufacturing plant, mill - a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing
- mint - a plant where money is coined by authority of the government
- packing plant, packinghouse - a plant where livestock are slaughtered and processed and packed as meat products
- recycling plant - a plant for reprocessing used or abandoned materials
- refinery - an industrial plant for purifying a crude substance
- saltworks - a plant where salt is produced commercially
- disposal plant, sewage disposal plant - a plant for disposing of sewage
- smelter, smeltery - an industrial plant for smelting
- wine maker, winery - an establishment where wine is made
same as: industrial plant, plant
Everything available;
Usually preceded by `the' (synset 114485263)
"we saw the whole shebang"; "a hotdog with the works"; "we took on the whole caboodle"; "for $10 you get the full treatment"

is a type of: entireness, entirety, integrality, totality - the state of being total and complete

same as: full treatment, kit and boodle, kit and caboodle, whole caboodle, whole kit, whole kit and boodle, whole kit and caboodle, whole shebang, whole works
Performance of moral or religious acts (synset 100578394)
"salvation by deeds"; "the reward for good works"

domain usage: plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one

is a type of: activity - any specific behavior

same as: deeds
The internal mechanism of a device (synset 104610198)
domain usage: plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one

is a type of: mechanism - device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function

same as: workings

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