water works

See also: waterworks

English

Noun

water works (plural water works)

1. The system of supplying clean water to domestic and business properties; typically, water will be taken from a source, purified, pumped to local water towers or other reservoirs and then gravity-fed to the consumer
2. (informal) tears

Translations

system of supplying water

• Danish: vandværk (da) n
• Finnish: vesilaitos (fi)
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• German: Wasserwerk (de) n