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works |
1 definition found From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: works n 1: buildings for carrying on industrial labor; "they built a large plant to manufacture automobiles" [syn: {plant}, {industrial plant}] 2: everything available; usually preceded by `the'; "we saw the whole shebang"; "a hotdog with the works"; "we took on the whole caboodle"; "for $10 you get the full treatment" [syn: {whole shebang}, {whole kit and caboodle}, {kit and caboodle}, {whole kit and boodle}, {kit and boodle}, {whole kit}, {whole caboodle}, {whole works}, {full treatment}] 3: performance of moral or religious acts "salvation by deeds" or "the reward for good works" [syn: {deeds}] 4: the internal mechanism of a device [syn: {workings}]
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