(New Zealand) An industrial facility where animals are slaughtered and the carcases frozen for export.

(dated, India) To go on strike. / (dated) To stop working (for a break, at the end of the work day, etc.). / (dated, figuratively, of things) To stop functioning.

Construction works, such as scaffolding, to facilitate the erection of the main work.

a terrier bred to hunt a small mammal, such as a badger, fox, raccoon, rat or opossum.

(manufacturing) A factory where building cement (for concrete) is manufactured.

Alternative spelling of policework

Synonym of active vocabulary

plural of works agreement

A contract between an employer and a works council specifying conditions of their industry binding the employer and all the workforce for whom the works council has been established.

Alternative spelling of wickerwork