Meanings
plural sewerages
- countableuncountableA network of sewer pipes that geographically transfers wastewater; a sewer system.
- countablenonstandardrareuncountableSewage.
They put off paedophiles by spraying the child with eight litres of pressurized sewerage.
2001, Paedogeddon (Brass Eye TV special)2 more examples
Mr. Lovick made a similar experiment, to determine accurately the amount of sewerage from 1,200 average sized houses in London, where there was an intermittent supply of water from the different water companies.
1860, Acts of the Legislature in Reference to Water Supply and Reports of Water Commissioners, With Accompanying Documents, 1851-60, page 276About 3.6 billion tonnes of untreated sewerage flows daily into the Yamuna, which supplies over 60 percent of Delhi's water.
2010, India Today 5 Apr 17
Synonyms & antonyms
nounwaste matter carried away in sewers or drains
nouna waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian канализа́ция
- канализа́ция (kanalizácija)sewer system
Catalan clavegueram
- clavegueramsewer system
Chinese Mandarin 下水道
- 下水道 (xiàshuǐdào)sewer system
Czech kanalizace
- kanalizacesewer system
Dutch riolering
- rioleringsewer system
Finnish viemäröinti
- viemäröintisewer system
French assainissement
- assainissementsewer system
German Kanalisation, Abwassersystem
- Kanalisationsewer system
- Abwassersystemsewer system
Japanese 下水, 下水道
- 下水 (gesui)sewer system
- 下水道 (gesuidō)sewer system
Korean 하수도
- 하수도 (hasudo)sewer system
Polish kanalizacja
- kanalizacjasewer system
Russian канализа́ция
- канализа́ция (kanalizácija)sewer system
Spanish alcantarillado
- alcantarilladosewer system
Swedish avloppssystem
- avloppssystemsewer system
Ukrainian каналіза́ція
- каналіза́ція (kanalizácija)sewer system
Cite this entry
sewerage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sewerage
“sewerage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sewerage. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sewerage,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sewerage.
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