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▸ noun: (treated as singular) Any single facility, such as a filtration plant or pumping station, within such a system.
▸ noun: (figuratively)
▸ noun: (informal) Often in the form turn on the waterworks: crying or tears, especially in a way that is considered manipulative or over-emotional.
▸ noun: (informal) Rain.
▸ noun: (British, euphemistic) The genitourinary system.
▸ noun: (historical, treated as singular) A hydraulic apparatus by which a supply of water is furnished for ornamental purposes; also, an ornamental fountain or waterfall.
▸ noun: (construction, archaic) Engineering works relating to the conveyance and flow of fluids (principally water), such as the collection and distribution of water, drainage, irrigation, etc.
Similar:
water company,
water tower,
mains,
water main,
plumbing,
waterchamber,
watering place,
receiving reservoir,
waterwall,
reservoir,
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