Works
WordNet
noun
(1) Performance of moral or religious acts
"Salvation by deeds"
"The reward for good works"
(2) Buildings for carrying on industrial labor
"They built a large plant to manufacture automobiles"
(3) The internal mechanism of a device
(4) 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"
WiktionaryText
Noun
works
- A mechanism or machine; the means by which something happens.
- A stray wrench can really gum up the works.
- A factory or similar collection of buildings
- The steel works almost fills the valley.
- Everything or everything that is available or possible; especially, all available toppings on food. (Always preceded by the.)
- I'll have a Behemoth Burger with the works.
- An act associated with moral or religious standing.
- His works displayed his righteousness.