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Type Words
Synonyms workings
Type of mechanism
Type Words
Synonyms industrial plant, plant
Type of building complex, complex
Has types disposal plant, distillery, winery, bottling plant, brewery, packing plant, packinghouse, recycling plant, refinery, saltworks, sewage disposal plant, smelter, smeltery, still, wine maker, factory, manufactory, manufacturing plant, mill, mint
Type Words
Synonyms deeds
Type of activity


the reward for good works.
Type Words
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 entirety, totality, entireness, integrality


a hotdog with the works.

Examples of works

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Jonathan Postal's works can be seen at the gallery through the end of the month.
From the tennessean.com
The birthday gift program works much the same way as the Christmas gift program.
From the thenewstribune.com
The store itself is an old public works garage that shares a wall with the jail.
From the thenewstribune.com
Anyway, can't wait to see how this Charlie Weis hiring works out in Gainesville.
From the news-journalonline.com
We might expect more of a show that has been in the works for almost nine years.
From the bloomberg.com
So, now is the time to make sure your cooling system works to its full capacity.
From the news-journalonline.com
He bends the front fork the first day out, and works for Len to earn its repair.
From the denverpost.com
Far more graphic than his previous works, it challenges viewers to fight racism.
From the democratandchronicle.com
He works as a personal trainer while trying to keep his own condition at a peak.
From the kansas.com
More examples
  • Activity directed toward making or doing something; "she checked several points needing further work"
  • Exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity; "I will work hard to improve my grades"; "she worked hard for better living conditions for the poor"
  • A product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing; "it is not regarded as one of his more memorable works"; "the symphony was hailed as an ingenious work"; "he was indebted to the pioneering work of John Dewey"; "the work of an active imagination"; ...
  • Be employed; "Is your husband working again?"; "My wife never worked"; "Do you want to work after the age of 60?"; "She never did any work because she inherited a lot of money"; "She works as a waitress to put herself through college"
  • Employment: the occupation for which you are paid; "he is looking for employment"; "a lot of people are out of work"
  • Have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected; "The voting process doesn't work as well as people thought"; "How does your idea work in practice?"; "This method doesn't work"; "The breaks of my new car act quickly"; "The medicine works only if you take it with a lot of water"
  • Work is a 1915 silent film starring Charlie Chaplin (his eighth film for Essanay Films), and co-starring Edna Purviance, Marta Golden and Charles Insley. It was filmed at the Majestic Studio in Los Angeles.
  • Work is a 2010 album by Swedish indie rock band Shout Out Louds. It was released in the United States and Canada on February 23, 2010, in Scandinavia on February 24, 2010, and in Germany, Australia, Switzerland, and Austria on February 26, 2010. ...
  • A work of art, artwork, art piece, piece of art or art object is an aesthetic physical item or artistic creation. Apart from "work of art", which may be used of any work regarded as art in its widest sense, including works from literature and music, these terms apply principally to tangible, portable forms of visual art: