Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

works

/wɝks/

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.29 in modern English

Syllables: works
IPA: /wɝks/

12

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

plural of work in its countable senses

noun

A factory or factories, or a similar collection(s) of industrial facilities.

noun

A mechanism or machinery; the means by which something happens.

noun

Everything or everything that is available or possible; especially, all available toppings on food.

noun

Drastic treatment; abuse; the axe (dismissal).

noun

A heroin or other drug addict's equipment: syringes, needles, etc.

Slang

verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of work

name

Example Sentences

"The steel works almost fills the valley."
"In the autumn there was a row at some cement works about the unskilled labour men. A union had just been started for them and all but a few joined. One of these blacklegs was laid for by a picket and knocked out of time."
"Aged and degraded oil and grease can really gum up the works."
"Something clicked in his throat, as if he had works in him like a clock, and was going to strike."
"I'll have a Behemoth Burger with the works."
"My my they wanted the works, can you this and that / I never got a letter back"

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /wɝks/
British English: /wɜːks/

Usage

Slang

Phrases

clerk of the works clerk of works works righteousness gum up the works spanner in the works Stoke Works works agreement works council

Frequently Paired Words

worked wrought all the way in the works the whole nine yards the whole shebang the whole shop

Synonyms

all the marbles bag and baggage everytang everything but the galley stove everything but the kitchen sink everything under the sun full monty hook line and sinker kit and caboodle lock stock and barrel

Rhymes With

turks perks clerks jerks quirks lurks irks burks smirks birks dirks burkes

Questions

How do you pronounce works?: The recorded pronunciation is /wɝks/.
What does works mean?: plural of work in its countable senses

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