sewer
A pipe or channel, or system of pipes or channels, used to remove human waste and to…A pipe or channel, or system of pipes or channels, used to remove human waste and to provide drainage.
» This place smells like a sewer.
Meaning
4 sensesA pipe or channel, or system of pipes or channels, used to remove human waste and to provide drainage.
There was a blockage in the sewer after an item of clothing was flushed down the toilet.
Kanalisation, Abwasserkanal
сто́чная труба́stóčnaja trubá, канализацио́нная труба́kanalizaciónnaja trubá, колле́кторkolléktor
сті́чна труба́stíčna trubá, каналіза́ціяkanalizácija
(historical)An official in charge of a princely household, also responsible for the ceremonial task of attending at dinners, seating the guests and serving dishes.
One who sews.
Näher, Näherin
портно́йportnój, портни́хаportníxa, швецšvec
швачšvač, краве́цьkravécʹ
A small tortricid moth, the larva of which sews together the edges of a leaf using silk.
the apple-leaf sewer, Ancylis nubeculana
Examples
42 sentencesThis place smells like a sewer.
The sewer line is clogged.
Algiers needs a better sewer system.
He climbed down into the sewers.
He plunged into the sewers below.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English sewer, seuer, from Anglo-Norman sewere (“water-course”), from Old FrenFrom Middle English sewer, seuer, from Anglo-Norman sewere (“water-course”), from Old French sewiere (“overflow channel for a fishpond”), from Vulgar Latin *exaquāria (“drain for carrying water off”), from Latin ex (“out of, from”) + aquāria (“of or pertaining to waters”) or from a root *exaquāre.
From Middle English seware, seuere, from Anglo-Norman asseour, from Old French asseoir (“find a seat for”), from Latin assidēre, present active infinitive of assideō (“attend to”), from ad (“to, towards, at”) + sedeō (“sit”).
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