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sewer

[ US /ˈsuɝ/ ]
NOUN
  1. a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water
  2. someone who sews
    a sewer of fine gowns
  3. 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.
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