Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Liquid and solid waste carried off in sewers or drains.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To fertilize by the application of sewage.
- To furnish with sewers; drain with sewers; sewer.
- noun The matter which passes through sewers; excreted and waste matter, solid and liquid, carried off in sewers and drains. Also
sewerage . - noun Same as
sewerage , 1. - noun Synonyms See
sewerage .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The contents of a sewer or drain; refuse liquids or matter carried off by sewers.
- noun Sewerage, 2.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
suspension of water and solidwaste , transported bysewers to bedisposed of orprocessed . - noun
sewerage .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun waste matter carried away in sewers or drains
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The term sewage many years ago was rightly applied to the excremental refuse of towns, but it is a most difficult matter to define the liquid that teems into our rivers under the name of sewage to-day; in most towns "chemical refuse" is the best name for the complex fluid running from the sewers.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 799, April 25, 1891 Various
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The city forms its poisons which we call sewage and the body its poisons, which we call excreta (or carbonic acid, urea, uric acid, faeces, etc.)
Evening Round Up More Good Stuff Like Pep William Crosbie Hunter
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Imagine the inspiration when the sewage is running.
OMG! Unobstructed views of the Willamette! (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009
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I mean the evil librarians and supermodel baggin sewage department are gold.
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Imagine the inspiration when the sewage is running.
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Unfortunately very little sewage is treated here in Xalapa, but a very large plant was inaugurated about 3 months ago.
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Gas from sewage is just one part of a bigger project, which will see us using brewery and food waste and farm slurry to generate gas to heat homes.
Human waste turned into renewable gas to power homes Tim Webb 2010
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High rises waste tremendous amounts of energy and probably strain sewage and other facilities.
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All the wiring for power, water and sewage is in place.
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Unfortunately very little sewage is treated here in Xalapa, but a very large plant was inaugurated about 3 months ago.
asativum commented on the word sewage
Welcome to Marin:
Sail. Stay. Fish. Play. Swim. Surf. Dine.
(Don't touch the water.)
-- Continued recommendation to avoid water near Marin sewage spill, San Francisco Chronicle, Feb. 2, 2008.
February 3, 2008
whichbe commented on the word sewage
That which has had needlework done to it.
December 17, 2008
vendingmachine commented on the word sewage
An Israeli entrepreneur has come up with a plan to make paper from human waste.
Their technology basically extracts (rather than digests) solids from sewage, turning the cellulose found in toilet paper and fecal matter into clean recycled paper. The paper can then be used for a variety of purposes.
July 8, 2015
ruzuzu commented on the word sewage
Thank you, vendingmachine. That is the dream of every jokester who has laughed about "recycled toilet paper."
July 8, 2015