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Noun: whole works
Usage: informal
  1. Everything available; usually preceded by 'the'
    "we saw the whole works";
    - whole shebang [informal], whole kit and caboodle [N. Amer, informal], kit and caboodle, whole kit and boodle [N. Amer, informal], kit and boodle [N. Amer, informal], whole caboodle [informal], works [informal], full treatment, full works

Type of: entireness, entirety, integrality, totality

Nearest

whole note
whole number
whole rest
whole shebang
whole snipe
whole step
whole to part relation
whole tone
whole wheat bread
whole wheat flour
whole works
wholegrain
wholehearted
wholeheartedly
wholeheartedness
wholemeal
wholemeal bread
wholemeal flour
wholeness
wholesale
wholesale house