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; the reward for good works

    [ Syn: deeds ]

  4. the internal mechanism of a device

    [ Syn: workings ]

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