catch-basin
Webster Dictionary
a cistern or vault at the point where a street gutter discharges into a sewer, to catch bulky matters which would not pass readily through the sewer
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cloaca
(ʊˈeɪ kə)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a sewer, esp. an ancient sewer.
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sewe
Webster Dictionary
to perform the duties of a sewer. See 3d Sewer
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tucker
(tucker)
Princeton's WordNet
a sewer who tucks
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baster
(baster, tacker)
Princeton's WordNet
a sewer who fastens a garment with long loose stitches
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tacker
(baster, tacker)
Princeton's WordNet
a sewer who fastens a garment with long loose stitches
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sink
(ɪŋk)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a drain or sewer.
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trap
(trap)
Princeton's WordNet
drain consisting of a U-shaped section of drainpipe that holds liquid and so prevents a return flow of sewer gas
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kennel
(ˈkɛn l)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
an open drain or sewer; gutter.
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culvert
(ˈkʌl vərt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a drain or channel crossing under a road, sidewalk, etc.; sewer; conduit.
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flush
(ʌʃ)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
to flood or wash out (a toilet, sewer, etc.) by a sudden rush of water.
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manhole
(ˈmænˌhoʊl)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a hole, usu. with a cover, giving access to a sewer, drain, steam boiler, etc.
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shore
Webster Dictionary
a sewer
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seal
(sil)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a small amount of water held by a trap to exclude foul gases from a sewer or the like.
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sewerage
Webster Dictionary
the construction of a sewer or sewers
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cloaca
Webster Dictionary
a sewer; as, the Cloaca Maxima of Rome
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sentine
Webster Dictionary
a place for dregs and dirt; a sink; a sewer
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drain
Webster Dictionary
that means of which anything is drained; a channel; a trench; a water course; a sewer; a sink
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wash
Webster Dictionary
substances collected and deposited by the action of water; as, the wash of a sewer, of a river, etc
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sewage
Webster Dictionary
the contents of a sewer or drain; refuse liquids or matter carried off by sewers
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manhole
Webster Dictionary
a hole through which a man may descend or creep into a drain, sewer, steam boiler, parts of machinery, etc., for cleaning or repairing
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trap
Webster Dictionary
a bend, sag, or partitioned chamber, in a drain, soil pipe, sewer, etc., arranged so that the liquid contents form a seal which prevents passage of air or gas, but permits the flow of liquids
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backwater
Webster Dictionary
water turned back in its course by an obstruction, an opposing current , or the flow of the tide, as in a sewer or river channel, or across a river bar
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sewer
Webster Dictionary
a small tortricid moth whose larva sews together the edges of a leaf by means of silk; as, the apple-leaf sewer (Phoxopteris nubeculana)
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vitiate
Webster Dictionary
to make vicious, faulty, or imperfect; to render defective; to injure the substance or qualities of; to impair; to contaminate; to spoil; as, exaggeration vitiates a style of writing; sewer gas vitiates the air
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flush
Webster Dictionary
to cause to be full; to flood; to overflow; to overwhelm with water; as, to flush the meadows; to flood for the purpose of cleaning; as, to flush a sewer
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trap
Webster Dictionary
to provide with a trap; as, to trap a drain; to trap a sewer pipe. See 4th Trap, 5
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