sewage

sew·age  (sj)

n.

Liquid and solid waste carried off in sewers or drains.

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[Perhaps sew, sewer (from Middle English, short for Anglo-Norman sewere; see sewer¹) + -age.]

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sewage [ˈsuːɪdʒ]

n

waste matter from domestic or industrial establishments that is carried away in sewers or drains for dumping or conversion into a form that is not toxic

[back formation from sewer¹]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

sewage - 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

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sewage

noun waste, shit (taboo slang), slops, sewerage, effluent, excrement the MP's call for more treatment of raw sewage

Translations

sewage [ˈsjuːɪdʒ]

A. N → aguas fpl residuales or cloacales

B. CPD sewage disposal N → depuración f de aguas residuales or cloacales
sewage farm N sewage works NSING → estación f depuradora
sewage system N → alcantarillado m

sewage [ˈsuːɪdʒ] n → eaux fpl usées
raw sewage → eaux fpl usées brutes
sewage works sewage treatment works n → station f d'épuration

sewage

n → Abwasser nt; sewage sludge → Klärschlamm m

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sewage:

sewage disposal

n → Abwasserbeseitigung f

sewage farm

n → Rieselfeld nt

sewage works

n sing or pl → Kläranlage f

sewage [ˈsjuːɪdʒ] n → acque fpl di scolo, liquami mpl

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sewage [ˈsjuːɪdʒ] n → acque fpl di scolo, liquami mpl