sewer
pronunciation
How to pronounce sewer in British English:
UK [ˈsuːə(r)]
How to pronounce sewer in American English:
US [ˈsuːər]
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- Noun:
- a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water
- someone who sews
- misfortune resulting in lost effort or money
Word Origin
- sewer
- sewer: [15] Etymologically, sewer denotes the ‘removal of water’. The word comes via Anglo- Norman sever from Vulgar Latin *exaquāria, a derivative of *exaquāre ‘remove water, drain’. This was a compound verb formed from Latin ex- ‘out’ and aqua ‘water’. The derivatives sewage [19] and sewerage [19] are both native English formations.=> aquatic
- sewer (n.1)
- c. 1400, "conduit," from Anglo-French sewere, Old North French sewiere "sluice from a pond" (13c.), literally "something that makes water flow," from shortened form of Gallo-Roman *exaquaria (source of Middle French esseveur), from Latin ex- "out" (see ex-) + aquaria, fem. of aquarius "pertaining to water," from aqua "water" (see aqua-). Specifically of underground channels for wastewater from c. 1600; figurative use of this is from 1640s.
- sewer (n.2)
- "one who sews," late 14c., agent noun from sew (v.).
Example
- 1. About 10 catfish were found swimming in the sewer .
- 2. The next month was like living in a sewer .
- 3. Young arthur was horrified , she was hunchbacked and awfully hideous , had only one tooth , smelled like a sewer and often made obscene noises .
- 4. Most of the temporaty houses have neither plumbing no sewer .
- 5. But weather is actually a challenge for a sewer system , especially precipitation .