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upperworks

upperworks noun: superstructure.

Noun

upperworks pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) superstructure
    • On the Visby-Västerhejde Railway there is a steam car. [...] The upperworks consist of a short clerestory coach body with end platforms and the engine chimney protruding from the roof like a stovepipe.1939 July, “Overseas Railways: Baltic Island Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 49
  2. (plural, plural-only, slang) head; brains

Origin of upperworks

From upper + works.

Questions about upperworks

What does upperworks mean?
Upperworks means superstructure.
What part of speech is upperworks?
Upperworks is a noun.

Words near upperworks in the dictionary

  1. uppertendom
  2. Upperton
  3. Uppertons
  4. upperwing
  5. upperwings
  6. upperworks
  7. upperworld
  8. upperworlds
  9. uppest
  10. uppety
  11. uppier

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