sewer
noun
1. a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water
Similar word(s): cloaca, sewerage
Definition categories: man–made, drain, drainpipe
2. someone who sews
- a sewer of fine gowns
Definition categories: person, needleworker
3. misfortune resulting in lost effort or money
- all that work went down the sewer
Similar word(s): gutter, toilet
Definition categories: state, misfortune
Sentences with sewer as a noun:
- the apple-leaf sewer, Phoxopteris nubeculana
verb
1. (transitive) To provide (a place) with a system of sewers.