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
- Water/sewer is different in each "zona" -- I live in the high-rate zone.
- Sometimes it is just trash, though, gathered along the curbside or stuffed in sewer grates.
- Or, if the sewer pipes in the walls of the house, or in the ground under the cellar, are not properly trapped and guarded, _sewer gas_ may escape into the house from them, and this also is most unwholesome, and even dangerous.
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