sewer
11sewer — UK [ˈsuːə(r)] / US [ˈsuər] noun [countable] Word forms sewer : singular sewer plural sewers an underground pipe or passage that carries sewage …
12sewer — An underground conduit or covered drain which carries away filth and waste matter, or, as in the case of a storm sewer, surface water and street wash. Anselmi v Rock Springs, 53 Wyo 223, 80 P2d 419, 116 ALR 1250; 25 Am J2d Drains § 1. That which… …
13sewer — sewer1 sewerless, adj. sewerlike, adj. /sooh euhr/, n. 1. an artificial conduit, usually underground, for carrying off waste water and refuse, as in a town or city. v.t. 2. to provide or equip with sewers: a tax increase necessary to sewer the… …
14sewer — noun /ˈsuːə,ˈsuɚ,ˈsjʊə/ a) A pipe or system of pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage. , 1819: While the Saxon was plunged in these painful reflections, the door of their prison opened, and gave entrance to a sewer, holding his… …
15sewer — noun Sewer is used before these nouns: ↑line, ↑rat, ↑tunnel …
16sewer — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. seamstress; drain, cloaca, culvert, conduit, passage, sluice. See cleanness. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. drain, drainpipe, drainage tube, conduit, gutter, disposal system, sewage system, septic tank, dry… …
17sewer — [15] Etymologically, sewer denotes the ‘removal of water’. The word comes via Anglo Norman sever from Vulgar Latin *exaquāria, a derivative of *exaquāre ‘remove water, drain’. This was a compound verb formed from Latin ex ‘out’ and aqua ‘water’.… …
18sewer — nuotekų kolektorius statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Nuotekų tvarkymo infrastruktūrai priklausantis vamzdynas arba kita analogiška konstrukcija, į kuriuos suteka nuotekos. atitikmenys: angl. drain; drain for sewage; sewer vok …
19sewer — [15] Etymologically, sewer denotes the ‘removal of water’. The word comes via Anglo Norman sever from Vulgar Latin *exaquāria, a derivative of *exaquāre ‘remove water, drain’. This was a compound verb formed from Latin ex ‘out’ and aqua ‘water’.… …
20sewer — n. a conduit, usu. underground, for carrying off drainage water and sewage. Phrases and idioms: sewer rat the common brown rat. Etymology: ME f. AF sever(e), ONF se(u)wiere channel to carry off the overflow from a fishpond, ult. f. L ex out of +… …
