the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The construction of a sewer or sewers.
n. The system of sewers in a city, town, etc.; the general drainage of a city or town by means of sewers.
n. The material collected in, and discharged by, sewers.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The process or system of collecting refuse and removing it from dwellings by means of sewers.
n. A system of sewers: as, the sewerage of London.
n. Same as sewage. 1.
n.Synonyms Sewerage, Sewage. Sewerage is generally applied to the system of sewers, and sewage to the matter carried off.
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n. a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water
n. waste matter carried away in sewers or drains
Word Usage
"The pollution of a stream as regards fish by a one hundred ton pulp mill is equivalent to the pollution thereof from domestic sewerage from a city of the population of one hundred and sixty thousand people."