sewer
IPA: sˈuɝ
noun
- A pipe or system of pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage.
- (now historical) A servant attending at a meal who is responsible for seating arrangements, serving dishes, etc.
- One who sews.
- A small tortricid moth, the larva of which sews together the edges of a leaf using silk.
verb
- (transitive) To provide (a place) with a system of sewers.
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Examples of "sewer" in Sentences
- The sewer reeks badly.
- City sewer systems are overtaxed.
- The stream is then returned to the sewer.
- In the sewers, Hundred encounters an automaton.
- These were used for the purpose of draining the sewer.
- Raised in the sewers, he preferred filth to cleanliness.
- The rest of the time, they hide in the sewer or somewherelse.
- After the treatment, the liquids filter into the sanitary sewer.
- Bazalgette's foresight may be seen in the diameter of the sewers.
- Sanitation had to be increased to the capacity of the city's sewers.
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