plural noun

• The work of building such things as roads, schools, and reservoirs, carried out by the government for the community.

  as modifier ‘public works projects’

  More example sentences

  • ‘Work on sewers, roads and other public works accounted for some of the more expensive costs.’
  • ‘But his main concern was increased expenditure on road infrastructure and public works.’
  • ‘Libraries, county offices, public works and hospitals were shut down in rotating order.’
  • ‘The proceeds from meters and fines currently go into public works such as footpaths, roads and drainage.’
  • ‘Better roads in cities that receive heavier rains are testimony to the fact that blaming the rains is a lame excuse for poor quality of public works.’