sewer
Plural: sewers
Noun
- a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water
- someone who sews
- "a sewer of fine gowns"
- misfortune resulting in lost effort or money
- "all that work went down the sewer"
- A pipe or channel, or system of pipes or channels, used to remove human waste and to provide drainage.
- An official in charge of a princely household, also responsible for the ceremonial task of attending at dinners, seating the guests and serving dishes.
- One who sews.
- A small tortricid moth, the larva of which sews together the edges of a leaf using silk.
Verb
Verb Forms: sewered, sewering, sewers
- To clean, maintain, or provide with a system of sewers.
- To provide (a place) with a system of sewers.
Examples
- He first learned about sewers last year in science class.
- the apple-leaf sewer, Ancylis nubeculana
- The city council decided to sewer the new development, improving infrastructure.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English sewer, seuer, from Anglo-Norman sewere (“water-course”), from Old French sewiere (“overflow channel for a fishpond”), from Vulgar Latin *exaquāria (“drain for carrying water off”), from Latin ex (“out of, from”) + aquāria (“of or pertaining to waters”) or from a root *exaquāre.
Synonyms
cloaca, gutter, sewerage, toilet, seamster, seamstress, sempster, sempstress, sewist, tailor
Scrabble Score: 8
sewer: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordsewer: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
sewer: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary