Sewer

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An artificial, usually underground conduit for carrying off sewage or rainwater.
  • n. A medieval servant who supervised the serving of meals.
  • n. One that sews: a sewer of fine clothing.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A pipe or system of pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage.
  • n. A servant attending at a meal, responsible for seating arrangements, serving dishes etc.
  • n. A person who sews.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One who sews, or stitches.
  • n. A small tortricid moth whose larva sews together the edges of a leaf by means of silk
  • n. A drain or passage to carry off water and filth under ground; a subterraneous channel, particularly in cities.
  • n. Formerly, an upper servant, or household officer, who set on and removed the dishes at a feast, and who also brought water for the hands of the guests.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. One who sews or uses the needle.
  • n. Specifically—
  • n. In bookbinding, the operator, usually a woman, who sews together the sections of a book.
  • n. In entomology, the larva of a tortricid moth, one of the leaf-rollers or leaf-folders, as Phoxopteris nubeculana, the. apple-leaf sewer.
  • n. A person charged with the service of the table, especially a head servant or upper servant in such a capacity.
  • n. A conduit or canal constructed, especially in a town or city, to carry off superfluous water, soil, and other matters; a public drain.
  • n. In anatomy and zoology, a cloaca.
  • To drain by means of sewers; provide with sewers.
  • To empty as a sewer; discharge sewage.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water
  • n. someone who sews
  • n. misfortune resulting in lost effort or money
  • Verb Form
    sewered    sewering    sewers   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    waste pipe    drain    drainpipe    tough luck    misfortune    ill luck    bad luck   
    Cross Reference
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    stitcher    sewster    seamstress    sempstress    needlewoman    hemmer    feller    drain   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Breuer    Brewer    Dewar    bluer    brewer    buer    chewer    couper    dewar    ewer   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    sewage    drain    subway    drainage    aqueduct    canal    tunnel    reservoir    gutter    conduit