waterworks
/ˈwɔtɚˌwɚks/ sustantivo C2En español: llanto
- The water supply system of a district, town, city, or other place, including reservoirs, pipes, and pumps.
- 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.
- 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.
- Rain.
- A hydraulic apparatus by which a supply of water is furnished for ornamental purposes; also, an ornamental fountain or waterfall.
Plural waterworks
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