ROADWORKS Meaning of ROADWORKS in English road ‧ works /ˈrəʊdwɜːks $ ˈroʊdwɜːrks/ BrE AmE noun [plural] British English repairs that are being done to a road:There were roadworks on the motorway. Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012