waterworks

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim The water supply system of a district, town, city, or other place, including reservoirs, pipes, and pumps.
2. isim Any single facility, such as a filtration plant or pumping station, within such a system.

   “She is employed by a waterworks at the outskirts of the city.”

3. isim Often in the form turn on the waterworks: crying or tears, especially in a way that is considered manipulative or over-emotional.

   “She turned on the waterworks when we told her the old man was dead, but she was asking questions about the will soon enough.”

4. isim Rain.
5. isim The genitourinary system.
6. isim A hydraulic apparatus by which a supply of water is furnished for ornamental purposes; also, an ornamental fountain or waterfall.
7. isim Engineering works relating to the conveyance and flow of fluids (principally water), such as the collection and distribution of water, drainage, irrigation, etc.
8. isim plural of waterwork