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Definition of waterworks in English: waterworksplural nounˈwɔːtəwəːks 1treated as singular An establishment for managing a water supply. Example sentencesExamples - Sources said that almost all schools in the village did not get water supply from the waterworks and the students were also consuming the hand-pumped water.
- Military encirclement and the bombing of markets and waterworks provokes hunger, thirst, and slow death for millions.
- Initially this came from Cornish mine-owners, but extended to paper, flour, cotton and iron mills, as well as distilleries, canals and waterworks.
- Proposals for the board saw it acting as a one-stop shop where the developers of major infrastructural projects such as key roads, incinerators and major waterworks could submit their plans for approval.
- Yet over the past decade, hundreds of U.S. cities and counties, including Indianapolis and Milwaukee, have hired private companies to manage their waterworks.
- The health board believes it will attract a lot of interest from developers as there are excellent views of the river, and the waterworks.
- Apparently people from the waterworks had dug up the road to fit in new pipes, so that instead of getting potable water from reservoirs and Mother Nature largely, now I'm getting a new kind of water.
- Also the previously named Burren Road which extends from Burren Church to the waterworks has been renamed as an extension of the Donaghaguy Road.
- The school, which caters to nearly 12 nearby villages, does not have a boundary wall, toilets, and proper drinking water arrangement despite having the waterworks at a distance of 200 metres.
- The novel meshes together stories of the building of the viaduct and the city's waterworks with the tales of lovers and families trying to negotiate their way through personal, cultural and political struggles.
- The venue could not have been more appropriate - an old waterworks to celebrate Pattaya's cleaner waters.
- The railroad came to Hailey in 1883 bearing materials for a jail, courthouse, electric lights, waterworks, and telephones.
- In the past 28 years, neither the capacity of these waterworks had been increased nor the water supply technique changed.
- He said that his own number ended in 46 and the number of the waterworks ended in 64 but that his number was the one posted up as that of the water-works.
- They started off buying municipal waterworks, and now they're one of the biggest media and publishing companies in the world, and it doesn't stop there.
- Palatial architecture gave way to residences, temples to embankments, platforms to the city's waterworks.
- With the condition of waterworks becoming worse and groundwater level dipping, residents of the nearby villages are facing an acute water shortage here.
- A multinational water company, let's call it Global Gush, buys up a waterworks, in say, Buenos Aires.
- They have to do everything from getting the director of the waterworks to come back to work to getting a chief of police.
- You can plot its position on Rocque's map - to the east of Chelsea Hospital and right by the waterworks.
2informal Used to refer to the shedding of tears. she is an expert at turning on the waterworks to manipulate others Example sentencesExamples - I tell you, there were enough waterworks that day to breathe life into Death Valley.
- I know children will turn on the waterworks if the adults get all dramatic.
- She screamed at the top of her lungs, the waterworks in flood mode.
- And she'll turn on the waterworks if the deals backfire.
- Margaret's lip began to tremble, and finally came waterworks of tears.
- Depsite all the waterworks, I have to have faith that if fate played a part in our meeting, fate is playing a part in our moving to Minnesota.
- He turns on the waterworks and Susan relents a bit.
- I hated the fact that I seemed to be switching on the waterworks constantly.
- A barking mad pooch has tapped into fame with his ability to turn on the waterworks.
- I was just about to turn on the waterworks when a small… something rubbed itself against my leg.
- Daniel ran downstairs, getting prepared to turn on the waterworks.
- If anybody mentions Sean or why I left last night, turn on the waterworks.
- They gave a synchronised display of waterworks: they cried openly.
- He will be struggling to hold back the waterworks when the film goes up for seven awards at the Academy Awards ceremony on Sunday.
- Whilst I rarely shed a tear at gigs - in so far as I go to gigs anymore - once I get home and put on an album by some winsome folkie gently strumming their acoustic guitar, the waterworks aren't far behind.
- And if I ask, she'll turn on the waterworks, and then I have to shell out more money to buy tissues.
- Her waterworks switched on, and she screamed bloody murder.
- My colleague was doing her best to avoid my gaze, but the telltale blotches around her eyes gave away the fact that her waterworks had been flowing.
- But give me a depressing chick flick in the graveyard slot starring C-list (I'm being kind) talent and I can't turn off the waterworks.
- It was painful at times and it brought a few waterworks.
- 2.1British Used as a humorous euphemism for the urinary system.
there's nothing wrong with your heart; any trouble with the waterworks? Example sentencesExamples - There are certain things we just don't talk about - and if there is a problem with the waterworks, chances are we will suffer in silence rather than seek help.
- But I would think anybody who were in their 50s now and have some sort of problem with their waterworks should ask if they can have a prostate test.
- What question did you ask them, to elicit whether or not they were having trouble with their waterworks?
- When I had that bit of trouble with my waterworks, I went straight into the Nuffield in Great Western Road.
- Talking of waterworks, a certain member of the that camp endured a little accident while speaking to yours truly on the phone this week.
- 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.
Definition of waterworks in US English: waterworksplural noun 1treated as singular An establishment for managing a water supply. Example sentencesExamples - Initially this came from Cornish mine-owners, but extended to paper, flour, cotton and iron mills, as well as distilleries, canals and waterworks.
- He said that his own number ended in 46 and the number of the waterworks ended in 64 but that his number was the one posted up as that of the water-works.
- Also the previously named Burren Road which extends from Burren Church to the waterworks has been renamed as an extension of the Donaghaguy Road.
- You can plot its position on Rocque's map - to the east of Chelsea Hospital and right by the waterworks.
- The novel meshes together stories of the building of the viaduct and the city's waterworks with the tales of lovers and families trying to negotiate their way through personal, cultural and political struggles.
- Apparently people from the waterworks had dug up the road to fit in new pipes, so that instead of getting potable water from reservoirs and Mother Nature largely, now I'm getting a new kind of water.
- Military encirclement and the bombing of markets and waterworks provokes hunger, thirst, and slow death for millions.
- In the past 28 years, neither the capacity of these waterworks had been increased nor the water supply technique changed.
- Yet over the past decade, hundreds of U.S. cities and counties, including Indianapolis and Milwaukee, have hired private companies to manage their waterworks.
- The health board believes it will attract a lot of interest from developers as there are excellent views of the river, and the waterworks.
- The school, which caters to nearly 12 nearby villages, does not have a boundary wall, toilets, and proper drinking water arrangement despite having the waterworks at a distance of 200 metres.
- With the condition of waterworks becoming worse and groundwater level dipping, residents of the nearby villages are facing an acute water shortage here.
- The railroad came to Hailey in 1883 bearing materials for a jail, courthouse, electric lights, waterworks, and telephones.
- A multinational water company, let's call it Global Gush, buys up a waterworks, in say, Buenos Aires.
- The venue could not have been more appropriate - an old waterworks to celebrate Pattaya's cleaner waters.
- They started off buying municipal waterworks, and now they're one of the biggest media and publishing companies in the world, and it doesn't stop there.
- Sources said that almost all schools in the village did not get water supply from the waterworks and the students were also consuming the hand-pumped water.
- They have to do everything from getting the director of the waterworks to come back to work to getting a chief of police.
- Proposals for the board saw it acting as a one-stop shop where the developers of major infrastructural projects such as key roads, incinerators and major waterworks could submit their plans for approval.
- Palatial architecture gave way to residences, temples to embankments, platforms to the city's waterworks.
2informal Used to refer to the shedding of tears. she is an expert at turning on the waterworks to manipulate others Example sentencesExamples - I know children will turn on the waterworks if the adults get all dramatic.
- Whilst I rarely shed a tear at gigs - in so far as I go to gigs anymore - once I get home and put on an album by some winsome folkie gently strumming their acoustic guitar, the waterworks aren't far behind.
- And if I ask, she'll turn on the waterworks, and then I have to shell out more money to buy tissues.
- It was painful at times and it brought a few waterworks.
- She screamed at the top of her lungs, the waterworks in flood mode.
- Depsite all the waterworks, I have to have faith that if fate played a part in our meeting, fate is playing a part in our moving to Minnesota.
- I tell you, there were enough waterworks that day to breathe life into Death Valley.
- A barking mad pooch has tapped into fame with his ability to turn on the waterworks.
- He turns on the waterworks and Susan relents a bit.
- My colleague was doing her best to avoid my gaze, but the telltale blotches around her eyes gave away the fact that her waterworks had been flowing.
- He will be struggling to hold back the waterworks when the film goes up for seven awards at the Academy Awards ceremony on Sunday.
- Daniel ran downstairs, getting prepared to turn on the waterworks.
- I was just about to turn on the waterworks when a small… something rubbed itself against my leg.
- And she'll turn on the waterworks if the deals backfire.
- If anybody mentions Sean or why I left last night, turn on the waterworks.
- Margaret's lip began to tremble, and finally came waterworks of tears.
- I hated the fact that I seemed to be switching on the waterworks constantly.
- They gave a synchronised display of waterworks: they cried openly.
- But give me a depressing chick flick in the graveyard slot starring C-list (I'm being kind) talent and I can't turn off the waterworks.
- Her waterworks switched on, and she screamed bloody murder.
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