wa‧ter‧works /ˈwɔːtəwɜːks $ ˈwɒːtərwɜːrks, ˈwɑː-/ noun [plural]

1. the system of pipes and water supplies in a town or city

2. a building in which water is cleaned and then pumped to houses, buildings etc

3. turn on the waterworks informal to start crying in order to get sympathy:
‘Don’t turn on the waterworks,’ he sighed.

4. informal the organs in your body through which urine (=liquid waste) is removed

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲