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Meaning of works

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  works
      n 1: buildings for carrying on industrial labor; "they built a
           large plant to manufacture automobiles" [syn: {plant},
           {works}, {industrial plant}]
      2: 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" [syn:
         {whole shebang}, {whole kit and caboodle}, {kit and
         caboodle}, {whole kit and boodle}, {kit and boodle}, {whole
         kit}, {whole caboodle}, {whole works}, {works}, {full
         treatment}]
      3: performance of moral or religious acts; "salvation by deeds";
         "the reward for good works" [syn: {works}, {deeds}]
      4: the internal mechanism of a device [syn: {works}, {workings}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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