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WATERWORKS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does waterworks mean? 

WATERWORKS (noun)
  The noun WATERWORKS has 2 senses:

1. a public utility that provides waterplay

2. workplace where water is stored and purified and distributed for a communityplay

  Familiarity information: WATERWORKS used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WATERWORKS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A public utility that provides water

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

water company; waterworks

Hypernyms ("waterworks" is a kind of...):

public-service corporation; public utility; public utility company; utility (a company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Workplace where water is stored and purified and distributed for a community

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("waterworks" is a kind of...):

work; workplace (a place where work is done)

Domain usage:

plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)


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