Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun plural The water system, including reservoirs, tanks, buildings, pumps, and pipes, that supplies water to a city, town, or other municipality.
- noun plural A single unit, such as a pumping station, within such a system.
- noun plural An exhibition of moving water, such as a fountain or cascade.
- noun plural Informal Tears.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun singular the
water supply system of atown etc., includingreservoirs ,pumps andpipes - noun singular any single
facility , such as afiltration plant , within such a system - noun informal, plural
tears - noun informal, plural the
genitourinary system
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- noun a public utility that provides water
- noun workplace where water is stored and purified and distributed for a community
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Examples
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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.
Budapest Times 2009
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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.
Budapest Times 2009
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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.
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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.
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The social investments which have to increase are housing, solution of problems such as waterworks, sewers and so forth.
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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.
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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.
Equality Edward Bellamy 1874
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An elegant public plaza at one end of the development will erupt in waterworks when a fountain opens this week.
In Yonkers, Shopping for Shoppers Robbie Whelan 2011
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But when his waterworks failed to impress, the Belzonis found themselves broke and far from home.
A Pre-Digital Tomb Raider Gerard Helferich 2011
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The bottom line is, unless our parting is short and sweet, be prepared for some waterworks.
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