Sewerage

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sewerage \Sew"er*age\, n.
     1. The construction of a sewer or sewers.
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     2. The system of sewers in a city, town, etc.; the general
        drainage of a city or town by means of sewers.


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     3. The material collected in, and discharged by, sewers. [In
        this sense {sewage} is preferable and common.]
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sewerage
       n 1: waste matter carried away in sewers or drains [syn: {sewage}]
       2: a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water [syn:
           {sewer}, {cloaca}]