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sewer

noun

1 sewer

A waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water.

synonyms: cloaca, sewerage.

Roget 350: conduit, channel, duct, watercourse, race; head race, tail race; abito, aboideau, aboiteau [Fr.], bito; acequia, acequiador, acequiamadre; ... show more

Roget 653: uncleanness etc. adj.; impurity; immundity, immundicity; impurity etc. 961 [of mind]. defilement, contamination etc. v.; ... show more

Dutch: riool, rioolbuis
Polish: ściek

2 sewer

Someone who sews.

Polish: szwacz

3 sewer

Misfortune resulting in lost effort or money:
— All that work went down the sewer.

synonyms: gutter, toilet.


Moby thesaurus: Singer, abri, antre, bog, bunker, burrow, cave, cavern, cesspool, cloaca, cloaca maxima, cove, drain, dugout, dump, foxhole, garbage dump, garmentmaker, grot, grotto ... show more.

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