sewage

Noun

Meaning

The contents of a sewer or drain; refuse liquids or matter carried off by sewers

Sewerage, 2.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

sewerage wastewater effluent night soil waste water carrion blackwater dung crud waste pollution discharge refuse debris drain
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Antonyms

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Hypernyms

waste waste product waste matter waste material

Phrases with the word

domestic sewage sewage-disposal tank sewage pipe sewage flow sewage gas sewage treatment plant gas

Examples

Down there between our legs, it's like an entertainment complex in the middle of a sewage system. Who designed that? Neil deGrasse Tyson

She poured a little social sewage into his ears. George Meredith

Many people would no more think of entering journalism than the sewage business - which at least does us all some good. Stephen Fry

They had jerrybuilt the beaches from San Diego to the Golden Gate, bulldozed super-highways through mountains, cut down a thousand year of redwood growth, and built an urban wilderness in the desert. They couldn't touch the ocean. They poured their sewage into it, but it couldn't be tainted. Ross Macdonald

He is the sewer, not the sewage. Bernard Ingham

I consider myself a D.I.Y. home improvement guy. In a prior life, I completely gutted a house - redid the plumbing, wiring, moved sewage pipes, knocked down walls, everything. Gary Locke

Close letter words and terms

sewability sewable sewadar sewage disposal sewage disposal plant sewage farm