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wireworks

[ wahyuhr-wurks ]
/ ˈwaɪərˌwɜrks /
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noun, plural wire·works.(used with a singular or plural verb)
an establishment where wire is made or put to some industrial use.
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Origin of wireworks

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

OTHER WORDS FROM wireworks

wireworker, noun

Words nearby wireworks

wirewalker, wireway, wire wheel, wire wool, wirework, wireworks, wireworm, wire-wound resistor, wire-wove, wirilda, wiring
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Words related to wireworks

circuitry, circuiting

British Dictionary definitions for wireworks

wireworks
/ (ˈwaɪəˌwɜːks) /
noun
(functioning as singular or plural) a factory where wire or articles of wire are made
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