works

/wərks/

/wəks/

Definitions of works

1. noun

   performance of moral or religious acts
   “the reward for good works”

   synonyms: deeds

   type of:

   activity

   any specific behavior
2. noun

   buildings for carrying on industrial labor
   synonyms: industrial plant, plant

   types:

   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

   assembly plant

   a factory where manufactured parts are assembled into a finished product

   auto factory, automobile factory, car factory

   a factory where automobiles are manufactured

   brewpub

   a combination brewery and restaurant; beer is brewed for consumption on the premises and served along with food

   cannery

   a factory where food is canned

   chemical plant

   an industrial plant where chemicals are produced

   foundry, metalworks

   factory where metal castings are produced

   lumbermill, sawmill

   a mill for dressing logs and lumber

   microbrewery

   a small brewery; consumption of the product is mainly elsewhere

   oil refinery, petroleum refinery

   a refinery for petroleum

   paper mill

   a mill where paper is manufactured

   stamp mill, stamping mill

   a mill in which ore is crushed with stamps

   steel factory, steel mill, steel plant, steelworks

   a factory where steel is made

   sugar refinery

   a refinery for sugar

   sweatshop

   factory where workers do piecework for poor pay and are prevented from forming unions; common in the clothing industry

   textile mill

   a factory for making textiles

   wine maker, winery

   distillery where wine is made

   type of:

   building complex, complex

   a whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures
3. noun

   the internal mechanism of a device
   synonyms: innards, workings

   type of:

   mechanism

   device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function
4. noun

   everything available; usually preceded by `the'
   “a hotdog with the works”

   synonyms: full treatment, kit and boodle, kit and caboodle, whole caboodle, whole kit, whole kit and boodle, whole kit and caboodle, whole shebang, whole works

   type of:

   entireness, entirety, integrality, totality

   the state of being total and complete