PUBLIC WORKS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does public works mean? 

• PUBLIC WORKS (noun)
  The noun PUBLIC WORKS has 1 sense:

1. structures (such as highways or schools or bridges or docks) constructed at government expense for public use

  Familiarity information: PUBLIC WORKS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PUBLIC WORKS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Structures (such as highways or schools or bridges or docks) constructed at government expense for public use

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("public works" is a kind of...):

construction; structure (a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts)

Domain usage:

plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)

Holonyms ("public works" is a part of...):

base; infrastructure (the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area)