waterworks
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noun- 1.
The water supply system of a district, town, city, or other place, including reservoirs, pipes, and pumps.
- 2.
(treated as singular) Any single facility, such as a filtration plant or pumping station, within such a system.
She is employed by a waterworks at the outskirts of the city.
- 3.
(figuratively, informal)Often in the form turn on the waterworks: crying or tears, especially in a way that is considered manipulative or over-emotional.
She turned on the waterworks when we told her the old man was dead, but she was asking questions about the will soon enough.
- 4.
(figuratively, informal)Rain.
- 5.
(British, euphemistic, figuratively)The genitourinary system.
Đồng nghĩa: plumbing
- 6.
(historical)(historical, treated as singular) A hydraulic apparatus by which a supply of water is furnished for ornamental purposes; also, an ornamental fountain or waterfall.
- 7.
(archaic)(construction, archaic) Engineering works relating to the conveyance and flow of fluids (principally water), such as the collection and distribution of water, drainage, irrigation, etc.
- 8.
(form of, plural)plural of waterwork
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From water + works.