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Word: Sewer
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
Middle English (denoting a watercourse to drain marshy land): from Old Northern French seuwiere ‘channel to drain the overflow from a fish pond’, based on Latin ex- ‘out of’ + aqua ‘water’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈsuːə
Dialects: British English
Definition:
an underground conduit for carrying off drainage water and waste matter.
Short Definition:underground conduit for carrying off drainage water and waste matter
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