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sewerage

noun

  1. sewage treatment system
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Pronunciation: /ˈsuː.ɹɪd͡ʒ/ / /ˈsuːə.ɹɪd͡ʒ/

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English sewer Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English sewerage From sewer + -age.

  1. A network of sewer pipes that geographically transfers wastewater; a sewer system.
  2. 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.