sewage
pronunciation
How to pronounce sewage in British English:
UK [ˈsuːɪdʒ]
How to pronounce sewage in American English:
US [ˈsuːɪdʒ]
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- Noun:
- waste matter carried away in sewers or drains
Word Origin
- sewage (n.)
- 1818, from sew (v.) "to drain, draw off water" (late 15c., from sewer (n.1)) + -age.
Example
- 1. Nutrients from sewage and agricultural fertilizers also help algae grow .
- 2. Untreated sewage and mercury-contaminated sludge continue to be dumped haphazardly .
- 3. The japanese researchers isolated proteins from bacteria in sewage .
- 4. Steve and I lay down and crawled through the raw sewage .
- 5. Quite small things such as smarter farming and better sewage treatment could help a lot .