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engineering works

engineering works noun: a factory where engineering (including design and manufacture) is carried out. Also the plural of engineering work.

Noun

engineering works (plural engineering works)

  1. A factory where engineering (including design and manufacture) is carried out.
    • The Duke intended to make Brora the nerve centre of the railway, and built a large engineering works near the station in which he planned to manufacture everything from nuts and bolts to locomotives.1960 January, Iain D. O. Frew, “The Brora Colliery Tramway”, in Railway Magazine, page 56

Also used as

engineering works is also the plural of engineering work.

Forms of engineering works

pluralengineering works

Questions about engineering works

What does engineering works mean?
Engineering works means a factory where engineering (including design and manufacture) is carried out.
What part of speech is engineering works?
Engineering works is a noun.
What is the plural of engineering works?
The plural of engineering works is engineering works.

Words near engineering works in the dictionary

  1. engineering samples
  2. engineering strain
  3. engineering strains
  4. engineering stress
  5. engineering stresses
  6. engineering works
  7. engineeringly
  8. engineerings
  9. engineerish
  10. engineerization
  11. engineers

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