# waterworks

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈwɔːtəˌwəːks/ · frequency rank #38,682

## Definitions
1. The water supply system of a district, town, city, or other place, including reservoirs, pipes, and pumps.
2. Any single facility, such as a filtration plant or pumping station, within such a system.
3. Often in the form turn on the waterworks: crying or tears, especially in a way that is considered manipulative or over-emotional.
4. Rain.
5. The genitourinary system.
6. A hydraulic apparatus by which a supply of water is furnished for ornamental purposes; also, an ornamental fountain or waterfall.
7. Engineering works relating to the conveyance and flow of fluids (principally water), such as the collection and distribution of water, drainage, irrigation, etc.

## Etymology
From water + works (“machine, mechanism; factory or factories”).

## Common misspellings (16)
`awterworks`, `waetrworks`, `waterowrks`, `waterrworks`, `waterwokrs`, `waterworkks`, `waterworkss`, `waterworrks`, `waterworsk`, `waterwroks`, `waterwworks`, `watewrorks`, `watreworks`, `watterworks`, `wtaerworks`, `wwaterworks`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/waterworks