sewage
A suspension of water and solid waste, transported by sewers to be disposed of or…A suspension of water and solid waste, transported by sewers to be disposed of or processed.
» Algeria has many sewage treatment plants.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)A suspension of water and solid waste, transported by sewers to be disposed of or processed.
Untreated sewage can pollute rivers.
The city invested in a modern sewage system.
Abwasser
сто́чные во́дыstóčnyje vódy
waste matter carried away in sewers or drains
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Sewerage (sewer system).
Examples
27 sentencesAlgeria has many sewage treatment plants.
Algiers needs many sewage treatment plants.
Algiers need modern sewage treatment plants.
Algeria needs more sewage treatment plants.
Yanni's cocktails taste like sewage water.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
From sewer (“system of pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage”) + -age oFrom sewer (“system of pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage”) + -age or from sew (“to drain or draw off water”) + -age.
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Forms
plural: sewagesSynonyms
3 synonyms- waste matter carried away in sewers or drains:sewerage
Word family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable