waterworks
IPA: wˈɔtɝwɝks
noun
- The water supply system of a district, town, city, or other place, including reservoirs, pipes, and pumps.
- (treated as singular) Any single facility, such as a filtration plant or pumping station, within such a system.
- (figuratively)
- (informal) Often in the form turn on the waterworks: crying or tears, especially in a way that is considered manipulative or over-emotional.
- (informal) Rain.
- (Britain, euphemistic) The genitourinary system.
- (historical, treated as singular) A hydraulic apparatus by which a supply of water is furnished for ornamental purposes; also, an ornamental fountain or waterfall.
- (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.
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Examples of "waterworks" in Sentences
- The bottom line is, unless our parting is short and sweet, be prepared for some waterworks.
- But when his waterworks failed to impress, the Belzonis found themselves broke and far from home.
- An elegant public plaza at one end of the development will erupt in waterworks when a fountain opens this week.
- The social investments which have to increase are housing, solution of problems such as waterworks, sewers and so forth.
- Around two weeks ago the Fidesz-led municipality of Pécs decided to take control of the city's waterworks, which is managed and part-owned by a French company.
- Mitsubishi Electric has received orders from three water plants in the United States for ozone systems to be used in water treatment plants,such as waterworks and sewage.
- In addition to large increase in attendance during the Aycock administration extensive repairs and improvements in the buildings and the installation of new equipments and utilities, such as waterworks, etc., were made at the University.
- Construction workers are the ones who develop the housing programs, the ones who build housing for the families, the ones who build the stores, the ones who build libraries, the ones who build other services such as waterworks, sewer systems.
- I have already explained that the first step in the programme of political action adopted by the opponents of private capitalism had been to induce the people to municipalize and nationalize various quasi-public services, such as waterworks, lighting plants, ferries, local railroads, the telegraph and telephone systems, the general railroad system, the coal mines and petroleum production, and the traffic in intoxicating liquors.
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