Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun public_works

1 sense of public works

Sense 1
public works -- (structures (such as highways or schools or bridges or docks) constructed at government expense for public use)
       => structure, construction -- (a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons")