sewernoun [ C ]
uk/sʊər/us/ˈsuː.ɚ/a large pipe, usually underground, that is used for carrying waste water and human waste away from buildings to a place where they can be safely got rid of:
a sewer pipe
A complicated system of sewers runs under the city.
open sewer
a channel for carrying away waste water and waste from the human body that is above the ground and is not covered
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Building: plumbing & pipes & sewage
- ballcock
- bleed
- cesspit
- cistern
- conduit
- culvert
- flush
- leakage
- mixer tap
- overflow
- pipeline
- piping
- plughole
- plumb
- siphon
- stopcock
- tubing
- U-bend
- washer
- waste water 1
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