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UK
/wˈɔːtəwˌɜːks/
]
[ US /ˈwɔtɝˌwɝks/ ]
[ US /ˈwɔtɝˌwɝks/ ]
NOUN
- a public utility that provides water
- workplace where water is stored and purified and distributed for a community
How To Use waterworks In A Sentence
- The department, which looks after people suffering from problems with their waterworks (bladder, kidneys and prostate) was also one of the first to use keyhole laser surgery to treat prostate cancer.
- First comes the pumping station, with its booms, waterworks, ' automatic air dischargers ' and reservoir.
- Also the previously named Burren Road which extends from Burren Church to the waterworks has been renamed as an extension of the Donaghaguy Road.
- turn on the waterworks
- He turns on the waterworks and Susan relents a bit.
- The railroad came to Hailey in 1883 bearing materials for a jail, courthouse, electric lights, waterworks, and telephones.
- The waterworks is supposed to be fixed in two hours.
- It was painful at times and it brought a few waterworks.
- A multinational water company, let's call it Global Gush, buys up a waterworks, in say, Buenos Aires.
- A barking mad pooch has tapped into fame with his ability to turn on the waterworks.
