[
US
/ˈsuɝ/
]
NOUN
- a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water
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someone who sews
a sewer of fine gowns -
misfortune resulting in lost effort or money
his career was in the gutter
all that work went down the sewer
pensions are in the toilet
How To Use sewer In A Sentence
- Sewers overflowed and mixed with rainwater and entered houses through drain pipes.
- It is thought the hapless cat had been trying to escape after becoming trapped in a sewer. The Sun
- As well, some new sewers will be laid in the town and there will be greater separation of surface water from foul sewer to create more capacity in the treatment plant.
- It will also be used for the provision of small public water and sewerage schemes in smaller towns and villages.
- But the greatest relief of all was to discover that the apartment contained a bathroom and a latrine — for, as the agent gleefully explained, the insula lay right athwart one of Rome’s main sewers, and was legally supplied with an adjutage to the water supply. The First Man in Rome
- Clean, paved roads give way to dirt paths strewn with rubbish and open sewers. The Sun
- Modern roads have a maze of water and sewer pipes running beneath them.
- Now the capital has eight million inhabitants and the sewers are creaking at the seams. The Sun
- Crews hope to have a temporary above ground sewer bypass in place a little later today.
- A sewer system make your eyes bug out.
