| gasworks | (noun) the workplace where coal gas is manufactured | - |
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| glassworks | (noun) a workplace where glass is made | - |
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| ironworks | (noun) the workplace where iron is smelted or where iron goods are made | - |
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| metalworks | (noun) factory where metal castings are produced | Synonyms: foundry |
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| saltworks | (noun) a plant where salt is produced commercially | - |
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| steelworks | (noun) a factory where steel is made | Synonyms: steel factory, steel mill, steel plant |
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| waterworks | (noun) workplace where water is stored and purified and distributed for a community | - |
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| (noun) a public utility that provides water | Synonyms: water company |
| works | (noun) performance of moral or religious acts | Synonyms: deeds |
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| (noun) the internal mechanism of a device | Synonyms: workings |
| (noun) buildings for carrying on industrial labor | Synonyms: industrial plant, plant |
| (noun) everything available; usually preceded by `the' | 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 |