works

noun[plural only]5

1. •
   A factory or factories, or a similar collection(s) of industrial facilities.

   • The steel works almost fills the valley.
2. •
   A mechanism or machinery; the means by which something happens.

   • Aged and degraded oil and grease can really gum up the works.
3. •
   Everything or everything that is available or possible; especially, all available toppings on food.

   • I'll have a Behemoth Burger with the works.
4. •
   (slang) A heroin or other drug addict's equipment: syringes, needles, etc.
5. •
   Drastic treatment; abuse; the axe (dismissal).

   • Why did Constantinople get the works? — 1953