Sewage is waste matter such as faeces or dirty water from homes and factories, which flows away through sewers.
...the MPs' call for more treatment of raw sewage.
Synonyms: waste, slops, sewerage, effluent More Synonyms of sewage
sewage in British English
(ˈsuːɪdʒ)
noun
waste matter from domestic or industrial establishments that is carried away in sewers or drains for dumping or conversion into a form that is not toxic
Word origin
C19: back formation from sewer1
sewage in American English
(ˈsuɪdʒ)
noun
the waste matter carried off by sewers or drains
Word origin
sewer1 + -age
Examples of 'sewage' in a sentence
sewage
Some of the streets were filled with raw sewage.
Oliver Poole BLACK KNIGHTS: On the Bloody Road to Baghdad (2003)
These include industrial and sewage plants as well as agricultural sites.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Locals have been encouraged to stop fishing and taught how to build basic sewage treatment facilities.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
All of this was compounded by the need to work in raw sewage.
Richard Holmes Dusty Warriors: Modern Soldiers at War (2006)
Ships must be fitted with a sewage treatment plant or holding tank.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Examples of such might include release of pollutants from a factory or sewage plant.
McKenzie, James F. & Pinger, Robert R. An Introduction to Community Health (1995)
An urgent appeal has been made for portable lavatories as fears about sewage treatment and contamination grow.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Assets from golf courses to sewage plants could be sold off.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
And its sewage plants get calls from people asking for their lost teeth back.
The Sun (2009)
The heavy rain will have swept increased amounts of sewage and farm waste into rivers and the sea.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
They are too small to be filtered out by sewage plants and end up in rivers and the sea.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
But sewage treatment has got better.
The Sun (2010)
Under international maritime law ships are prohibited from discharging raw sewage within 12 miles of the coast.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
He said they had spent 50million in the last decade improving sewage treatment facilities.
The Sun (2008)
It will take 20 days for raw sewage flushed from homes to be converted into gas and piped back to the same area.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It said some raw sewage may wash up on beaches in the Firth of Forth.
The Sun (2007)
In Bridlington, raw sewage was pumped straight on to the sand.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The electricity supply is sourced from a green provider, which makes power from landfill waste, sewage and wind.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The winning idea was the design and implementation of a low-cost sewage treatment system for a rural village in India.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
In other languages
sewage
British English: sewage NOUN
Sewage is waste matter such as faeces or dirty water from homes and factories, which flows away through sewers.
...treatment of raw sewage.
American English: sewage
Brazilian Portuguese: detritos
Chinese: > 废物下水道排出的
European Spanish: aguas residuales
French: eaux usées
German: Abwasser
Italian: acque di scolo
Japanese: 下水
Korean: 하수
European Portuguese: detritos
Latin American Spanish: aguas servidas
All related terms of 'sewage'
sewage farm
a place where sewage is treated, esp for use as manure
sewage gas
gas given off in the digestion of sewage consisting of approximately 66 per cent methane and 34 per cent carbon dioxide
sewage pipe
a pipe used to carry waste matter such as faeces or dirty water from homes and factories
sewage works
a place where chemicals are used to clean sewage so that it can then be allowed to go into rivers , etc or used to make manure
sewage disposal
the disposal of waste matter such as faeces or dirty water from homes and factories . It is carried away in sewers or drains for dumping or conversion into a form that is not toxic
sewage treatment works
a place where chemicals are used to clean sewage so that it can then be allowed to go into rivers , etc or used to make manure
Chinese translation of 'sewage'
sewage
(ˈsuːɪdʒ)
n(u)
污物 (wūwù)
(noun)
Definition
waste matter or excrement carried away in sewers or drains
pollution from the discharge of treated sewage
Synonyms
waste
shit (taboo, slang)
I feel like throwing a pile of dog shit over the fence.
slops
sewerage
effluent
The effluent from the factory was dumped into the river.
excrement
The tunnel stank of excrement.
Additional synonyms
in the sense of effluent
Definition
liquid discharged as waste, for instance from a factory or sewage works
The effluent from the factory was dumped into the river.
Synonyms
waste,
discharge,
flow,
emission,
sewage,
pollutant,
outpouring,
outflow,
exhalation,
issue,
emanation,
liquid waste,
efflux,
effluvium,
effluence
in the sense of excrement
Definition
waste matter discharged from the body
The tunnel stank of excrement.
Synonyms
faeces,
shit (taboo, slang),
crap (taboo, slang),
dung,
stool,
droppings,
turd (taboo, slang),
motion,
mess,
defecation,
excreta,
ordure,
kak (South Africa, vulgar, slang),
night soil
in the sense of shit
Definition
faeces
I feel like throwing a pile of dog shit over the fence.