waterworks

See also: water works

English

Etymology

water +‎ works

Pronunciation

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Noun

waterworks (plural waterworks)

1. The water supply system of a town etc., including reservoirs, pumps and pipes.
2. Any single facility, such as a filtration plant, within such a system.

Translations

the water supply system of a town etc., including reservoirs, pumps and pipes

• Czech: vodovod (cs) m
• Danish: vandforsyning c
• Finnish: vesilaitos (fi)

• French: station de traitement d'eau
• German: Wasserwerk (de) n
• Italian: sistema idrico m, acquedotto (it) m
• Serbo-Croatian: vȍdovōd (sh) m

any single facility, such as a filtration plant, within such a system

• Danish: vandværk (da) n
• Finnish: vesilaitos (fi)
• French: systéme hydraulique m
• Italian: sistema idraulico m

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: vannverk n, vassverk n

  Nynorsk: vassverk n

Noun

waterworks pl (plural only)

1. (informal) Tears; crying.

   She turned on the waterworks when we told her the old man was dead, but she was asking questions about the will soon enough.

2. (informal) The genitourinary system.

Translations

genitourinary system

• Danish: vandladning (da) c

References

• “waterworks” in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press.