Sewage Definition

so͝oĭj
noun
The waste matter carried off by sewers or drains.
Webster's New World
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Noun

Singular:
sewage
Plural:
sewages

Origin of Sewage

  • From sewer (“system of pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage") +"Ž -age or from sew (“to drain or draw off water") + -age.

    From Wiktionary

  • Perhaps sew sewer (from Middle English) (short for Anglo-Norman sewere sewer1) –age

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Sewage Sentence Examples

  • In 1892 was introduced the sewage system, which now includes 6 m.

  • The drainage of the station is all modern, and the sewage is disposed of on a sewage farm under the direction of the war department.

  • River water, especially that which has received town sewage, or the drainage of highly manured land, would naturally be considered most suitable for irrigation, but excellent results are obtained also with waters which are uncontaminated with manurial matters, and which contain but 8 or io grains per gallon of the usual dissolved constituents of spring water.

  • They may also take proceedings in respect of the pollution of a stream by any solid or liquid sewage matter.

  • At the mouth of the Roding (Barking Creek) are great sewage works, receiving the Northern Outfall sewer from London.

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Words Starting With

SSESEW

Words Ending With

EGEAGE

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sewage

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With S6 Letter Words Ending With E