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headworks

headworks noun: any structure at the head or diversion point of a waterway. It is smaller than a barrage and is used to divert water from a river into a canal or from a large canal into a smaller canal.

Noun

headworks (plural headworks)

  1. Any structure at the head or diversion point of a waterway. It is smaller than a barrage and is used to divert water from a river into a canal or from a large canal into a smaller canal.

Forms of headworks

pluralheadworks

Origin of headworks

From head + works.

Questions about headworks

What does headworks mean?
Headworks means any structure at the head or diversion point of a waterway. It is smaller than a barrage and is used to divert water from a river into a canal or from a large canal into a smaller canal.
What part of speech is headworks?
Headworks is a noun.
What is the plural of headworks?
The plural of headworks is headworks.

Words near headworks in the dictionary

  1. headword
  2. headwords
  3. headwork
  4. headworker
  5. headworkers
  6. headworks
  7. headwound
  8. headwounds
  9. headwrap
  10. headwraps
  11. heady

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