works meaning and definition

WORKS noun

Definition of works (noun)

1. buildings for carrying on industrial labor
   • "they built a large plant to manufacture automobiles"
   • synonyms: industrial plant, 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"
   • synonyms: full treatment, kit and boodle, kit and caboodle, whole caboodle, whole kit, whole kit and boodle, whole kit and caboodle, whole shebang, whole works
3. performance of moral or religious acts
   • "salvation by deeds"; "the reward for good works"
   • synonyms: deeds
4. the internal mechanism of a device
   • synonyms: workings