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waterworks

  (wô'tər-wûrks', wŏt'ər-) pronunciation
pl.n.
    1. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) The water system, including reservoirs, tanks, buildings, pumps, and pipes, that supplies water to a city, town, or other municipality.
    2. (used with a sing. verb) A single unit, such as a pumping station, within such a system.
  2. (used with a sing. verb) An exhibition of moving water, such as a fountain or cascade.
  3. (used with a pl. verb) Informal. Tears: turned on the waterworks.

 
 
Architecture: waterworks

A complete system of pipelines, conduits, and so forth for distributing water from one or more reservoirs, purifying the water, and then pumping it through a distribution system for use by a community.

 
WordNet: waterworks
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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: a public utility that provides water
  Synonym: water company

Meaning #2: workplace where water is stored and purified and distributed for a community

 
Wikipedia: Waterworks (card game)
Waterworks
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Players: 2–5
Age range: 8 to Adult
Setup time: 5 minutes
Playing time: 15 minutes
Skills required: Topology
BoardGameGeek entry

Description

Waterworks is a card game created by Parker Brothers in 1972. The game pieces consist of a deck of 110 pipe cards, 1 bathtub-shaped card tray, and 10 small metal wrenches. The object is for each player to create a pipeline of a designated length, beginning with a valve and ending with a spout.

Players begin with a hand of five pipe cards and two wrenches. Cards used in play are lead pipe cards, copper pipe cards (invulnerable to leaks), and lead pipe cards that are already leaky. The valve card is placed on the table to begin a player's pipeline, and the spout is set aside, to be used when the player has completed their pipeline.

A number of different pipe shapes (L-bends, T-pipes, straight, etc.) are represented in the game. Leaky pipes can only be added to another player's pipeline, and players cannot add to their pipeline until leaks are repaired. Leaks are repaired by either placing an intact pipe of the same shape over the leak or placing a wrench on the leak card. Play proceeds clockwise and new cards are drawn after cards are played. Players always have the option of exchanging a single card rather than playing a card.

Object

Players race to be the first to complete a continuous, leak-free pipeline that connects their valve card to their spout card.

Cards Required To Win

The minimum length of the pipeline required to win varies by the number of players, as follows:

Players Cards
2 15
3 12
4 10
5 8
6 6

Other Rules

  • The first thing a player does on each turn is draw a card.
  • Following the draw, each player can do one of the following items: (1) place a "good" pipe card on your pipeline, (2) place a metal wrench on a leaky pipe in his or her own pipeline, (3) place a "leaky" pipe card on another player's pipeline, or (4) discard a card face up in the "discard" pile.
  • When a wrench is played to fix a leaky pipe, that wrench can never be moved and the player also discards a card into the discard pile.
  • When a player's turn ends he or she should always have five cards in hand.
  • Cards are always played vertically. No card can be played such that it is oriented 90 degrees, or "sideways," compared to the rest of the pipeline.
  • No play is allowed which would create more than one leak on a player's pipeline at one time.

Reissued Edition

Winning Moves Games has reissued the game as "Classic Waterworks." [1]


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Translations: Translations for: Waterworks

Dansk (Danish)
n. pl. - vandværk

Nederlands (Dutch)
waterleiding, waterleidingbedrijf, waterlanders

Français (French)
n. pl. - (US) système hydraulique, usine de distribution d'eau, (Tech) station de pompage, fontaines/chutes (artificielles), larmes (arg)

Deutsch (German)
n. pl. - Wasserwerk, Wasserversorgungssystem, (Slang) Tränenquelle, (ugs.) Blase

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - μηχανοστάσιο/εγκαταστάσεις ύδρευσης, σιντριβάνι, γερανός ύδρευσης, (μτφ.) δάκρυα ή κλάματα, ουροποιητικό σύστημα

Italiano (Italian)
acquedotto, lacrime

Português (Portuguese)
n. - estação dentro de um sistema de tratamento de água (f), chafariz (m)
n. pl. - sistema de tratamento de água (m)

Русский (Russian)
система водоснабжения, гидротехнические сооружения, фонтан, слезы, проводящие сосуды

Español (Spanish)
n. pl. - sistema de abastecimiento de agua, juegos de agua, fuente de lágrimas

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - vattenverk
n. pl. - vattenverk, vattenkonst

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
供水系统, 喷水装置, 自来水厂

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. pl. - 供水系統, 噴水裝置, 自來水廠

한국어 (Korean)
n. pl. - 수도

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 水道設備, 給水所, 膀胱, 噴水, 水道

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الجمع) نافورة, أجهزة مياة المدينه تشمل الخزانات والقنوات والمضخات لتوزيع المياة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. pl. - ‮מפעלי-מים, מכון לאספקת מים, צנרת, מערכת השתן, דמעות‬

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