Usually means: Infrastructure projects funded by government.
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We found 23 dictionaries that define the word public works:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. public works: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. public works: Merriam-Webster
  3. public works: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. public works: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. public works: Collins English Dictionary
  6. public works: Vocabulary.com
  7. public-works, public works: Wordnik
  8. public works: Wiktionary
  9. public works: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. public works: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. public works: Dictionary.com
  12. Public Works (film), Public Works, Public works: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. public works: Rhymezone
  14. public works: FreeDictionary.org
  15. public works: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. public works: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  3. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. public works: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Political (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (public works)

▸ noun:  Technical projects, often construction or engineering, carried out by the government on behalf of the community.

Similar:
public service, public-private partnership, public/private partnership, community service, community payback, landcare, public sector, public credit, public purse, workshare, more...

Types:
roads, bridges, tunnels, dams, canals, sewers, power plants, more...

Phrases:
Public Works Administration, Department of Public Works and Highways, Central Public Works Department, Malaysian Public Works Department, Kerala Public Works Department, more...

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Similar:
public service, public-private partnership, public/private partnership, community service, community payback, landcare, public sector, public credit, public purse, workshare, more...

Types:
roads, bridges, tunnels, dams, canals, sewers, power plants, more...

Phrases:
Public Works Administration, Department of Public Works and Highways, Central Public Works Department, Malaysian Public Works Department, Kerala Public Works Department, more...



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