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wireworks

American  
[wahyuhr-wurks] / ˈwaɪərˌwɜrks /

noun

(used with a singular or plural verb)

plural

wireworks

  1. an establishment where wire is made or put to some industrial use.

wireworks British  
/ ˈwaɪəˌwɜːks /

noun

  1. (functioning as singular or plural) a factory where wire or articles of wire are made

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Other Word Forms

  • wireworker noun

Etymology

Origin of wireworks

1590–1600; wire + works (in the sense “manufacturing establishement”)

Example Sentences

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His Dee is invariably the most sane, grounded person in every scene, though once it’s time to bust out the wireworks, he can leap from rafter to rafter with the best of them.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 26, 2018

“The stadium itself is built on a mine shaft. There were wireworks, steelworks, dye makers, chemical plants.”

From New York Times • Sep. 9, 2016

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