Definitions for sewageˈsu ɪdʒ

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

sew•ageˈsu ɪdʒ(n.)

also sewerage

  1. the waste matter that passes through sewers.

    Category: Civil Engineering

Origin of sewage:

1825–35; sew (er )1+ -age

Princeton's WordNet

  1. sewage, sewerage(noun)

    waste matter carried away in sewers or drains

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. sewage(noun)ˈsu ɪdʒ

    dirty water and waste from people's bodies taken from buildings into a system of pipes

    a sewage treatment plant

Wiktionary

  1. sewage(Noun)

    A suspension of water and solid waste, transported by sewers to be disposed of or processed.

  2. sewage(Noun)

    (Obsolete usage) sewerage.

  3. Origin: From or from sew + -age.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Sewage(noun)

    the contents of a sewer or drain; refuse liquids or matter carried off by sewers

  2. Sewage(noun)

    sewerage, 2

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Sewage

    Refuse liquid or waste matter carried off by sewers. (Webster, 3d ed)


Translations for sewage

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

sewage(noun)

waste matter (carried away in sewers).

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