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sewage

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sew·age  (sj)
n.
Liquid and solid waste carried off in sewers or drains.
[Perhaps sew, sewer (from Middle English, short for Anglo-Norman sewere; see sewer1) + -age.]
sewage
Noun
waste matter or excrement carried away in sewers or drains
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.sewagesewage - waste matter carried away in sewers or drains
sewerage
waste, waste material, waste matter, waste product - any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted; "they collect the waste once a week"; "much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers"
effluent, sewer water, wastewater - water mixed with waste matter
Translations
sewage [ˈsuːɪdʒ] n (= effluence) → aguas fpl residuales;
(system) → alcantarillado
sewage [ˈsuːɪdʒ] n → vidange(s) f(pl)
sewage [ˈsuːɪdʒ] n → Abwasser nt
sewage [ˈsuːɪdʒ] n → acque fpl di scolo


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The wheels rolled on, and rolled down by the Monument and by the Tower, and by the Docks; down by Ratcliffe, and by Rotherhithe; down by where accumulated scum of humanity seemed to be washed from higher grounds, like so much moral sewage, and to be pausing until its own weight forced it over the bank and sunk it in the river.
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