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sewerage definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1834 1. the removal and disposal of sewage and surface water by sewers 2. a system of sewers 3. sewage

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a system of or drainage by sewers.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sewerage Sew"er*age, n. 1. The construction of a sewer or sewers. 2. The system of sewers in a city, town, etc.; the general drainage of a city or town by means of sewers. 3. The material collected in, and discharged by, sewers. [In this sense sewage is preferable and common.]

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Sewerage is the system by which waste matter is carried away in sewers and made harmless. ...without access to any services such as water or sewerage. N-UNCOUNT: usu N n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Drainage, sewage. 2. Sewage, contents of a sewer.