sewerage

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
13
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈsuː.ɹɪd͡ʒ/
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/ˈsuː.ɹɪd͡ʒ/ · /ˈsuːə.ɹɪd͡ʒ/

Definition of sewerage

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A network of sewer pipes that geographically transfers wastewater; a sewer system.
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A network of sewer pipes that geographically transfers wastewater; a sewer system.
  2. (countable, nonstandard, rare, uncountable)Sewage.
    “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.”
    “They put off paedophiles by spraying the child with eight litres of pressurized sewerage.”
    “About 3.6 billion tonnes of untreated sewerage flows daily into the Yamuna, which supplies over 60 percent of Delhi's water.”

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Etymology

From sewer + -age.

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