sewage

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• sewage — sewage, sewerage Sewage is waste matter carried by sewers, and sewerage is a system of sewers …   Modern English usage

• Sewage — Sew age, n. 1. The contents of a sewer or drain; refuse liquids or matter carried off by sewers [1913 Webster] 2. Sewerage, 2. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Sewage — (engl., spr. ßjūĕdsch), die Bewässerung der Felder mit flüssigem Kloakeninhalt größerer Städte …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

• Sewage — (engl., spr. ßjūĕdsch), Bewässerung der Felder durch Röhren oder Überrieselung …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

• sewage — 1834, from sew (v.) to drain, draw off water (late 15c., from SEWER (Cf. sewer)) + AGE (Cf. age) …   Etymology dictionary

• sewage — [n] waste discharge, excess, excrement, garbage, junk, leavings, rubbish, runoff, slop, trash; concept 260 …   New thesaurus

• sewage — ► NOUN ▪ waste water and excrement conveyed in sewers. ORIGIN from SEWER(Cf. ↑sewer) …   English terms dictionary

• sewage — [so͞o′ij] n. [ SEW(ER) + AGE] the waste matter carried off by sewers or drains …   English World dictionary

• Sewage — Black water redirects here. For other uses, see Blackwater (disambiguation). A medieval waste pipe in Stockholm Old Town formerly deposited sewage on the street to be flushed away by rain. Sewage is water carried waste, in solution or suspension …   Wikipedia

• sewage — 01. Some people feel we need a treatment plant for [sewage] in this town. 02. The [sewage] from this city s houses goes straight into the sea, untreated. 03. Any car engine oil that you pour down the [sewer] eventually ends up in the ocean, where …   Grammatical examples in English

• sewage — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ raw, untreated ▪ treated VERB + SEWAGE ▪ discharge, dump, pump ▪ …   Collocations dictionary