waterwork

Meaning

1. A machine or mechanism for raising or carrying water.
2. A textile fabric used like tapestry.
3. Some action or activity done on, in, or using water.
4. A style of painting executed in distemper or size, on canvas or a wall, intended to resemble a tapestry; (countable) such a painting.
5. Alternative form of waterworks
6. Alternative form of waterworks

Hyphenated as

wa‧ter‧work

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈwɔːtəˌwəːk/

Etymology

From Late Middle English [Term?], analysable as water + work.