sewage
noun /ˈsuːɪdʒ/
/ˈsuːɪdʒ/
[uncountable]- used water and waste substances that are produced by human bodies, that are carried away from houses and factories through special pipes (= sewers)
- a ban on the dumping of raw sewage (= that has not been treated with chemicals) at sea
- sewage disposal
Wordfinder- drain
- dump
- effluent
- exhaust
- fly-tip
- incinerator
- landfill
- rubbish
- sewage
- waste
Extra Examples- Sewage should be treated in a proper disposal system.
- a sewage treatment plant
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- raw
- untreated
- treated
- …
- discharge
- dump
- pump
- …
- disposal
- treatment
- farm
- …
Word Originmid 19th cent.: from sewer, by substitution of the suffix -age.