Sewer
['suːə;'sjuːə] or ['suɚ]
Definition
(noun.) a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water.
(noun.) someone who sews; 'a sewer of fine gowns'.
Typist: Ruben--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One who sews, or stitches.
(n.) A small tortricid moth whose larva sews together the edges of a leaf by means of silk; as, the apple-leaf sewer (Phoxopteris nubeculana)
(n.) A drain or passage to carry off water and filth under ground; a subterraneous channel, particularly in cities.
(n.) Formerly, an upper servant, or household officer, who set on and removed the dishes at a feast, and who also brought water for the hands of the guests.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Drain.
Edited by Daisy
Definition
n. an officer who set down and removed the dishes at a feast.
n. an underground passage for draining off water and filth.—ns. Sew′age refuse carried off by sewers; Sew′erage the whole sewers of a city: drainage by sewers; Sew′er-gas the contaminated air of sewers.—Open sewer a sewer of which the channel is exposed to the air.
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Examples
- Through the heart of the town a deadly sewer ebbed and flowed, in the place of a fine fresh river. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- This defiance hath already been sent to thee by thy sewer; thou underliest it, and art bound to answer me--There lies my glove. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- I shall deliver to the knight your defiance, answered the sewer; meanwhile I leave you to your food. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The foul, bad-smelling gases which arise from sewers can be prevented from escaping and passing to streets and buildings by placing charcoal filters at the sewer exits. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The sewer made no answer, but bowed his head. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The important sanitary feature in modern plumbing is to keep all sewer gas and disease germs out of the house. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The sewer pipes are shown in solid black, the unshaded pipes (in outline only) are air ventilation pipes, the single black lines are cold water pipes, and the dotted lines hot water pipes. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- I put the explosive into a sarsaparilla bottle, tied a string to it, wrapped it in a paper, and gently let it down into the sewer, corner of State and Washington Streets. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Hence, the greater the number of people in a hotel, or the more abundant the sewage, the greater should be the distance between well and sewer. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The lack of water caused not only personal inconvenience and business paralysis, but it occasioned real danger of disease through unflushed sewers and insufficiently drained pipes. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- They want to explore the sewers, and he's the wizard rat that swims ahead. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The foul, bad-smelling gases which arise from sewers can be prevented from escaping and passing to streets and buildings by placing charcoal filters at the sewer exits. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Notwithstanding the success of his machine, which on public exhibition beat five of the swiftest hand sewers, he met only discouragement and disappointment. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Charcoal is porous and absorbs foul gases, and thus keeps the region surrounding sewers sweet and clean and free of odor. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Sewers and water pipes were laid throughout the city, resulting in a great reduction of disease. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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