sewage
nomattesté dans les dialogues
- Royaume-Uni//ˈsuː.ɪd͡ʒ//
- États-Unis//ˈsu.ɪd͡ʒ//
A suspension of water and solid waste, transported by sewers to be disposed of or processed.
nom
- 1
A suspension of water and solid waste, transported by sewers to be disposed of or processed.
Untreated sewage can pollute rivers.
The city invested in a modern sewage system.
- 2
obsolèteSewerage (sewer system).
Étymologie
From sewer (“system of pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage”) + -age or from sew (“to drain or draw off water”) + -age.
Formes
- pluriel
- sewages
severed · Separated, cut off or broken apart.severely · In a severe manner; with severity.sew · To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through (pieces of…
sewage · A suspension of water and solid waste, transported by sewers to be disposed of or processed.
sewed · Having been created through the sewing process.sewer · A pipe or channel, or system of pipes or channels, used to…sewing · The action of the verb to sew.