Sewer vs. Sewage

Sewernoun

A pipe or system of pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage.

Sewernoun

A servant attending at a meal who is responsible for seating arrangements, serving dishes, etc.

Sewernoun

One who sews.

Sewernoun

A small tortricid moth, the larva of which sews together the edges of a leaf using silk.

Sewerverb

(transitive) To provide (a place) with a system of sewers.

Sewernoun

One who sews, or stitches.

Sewernoun

A small tortricid moth whose larva sews together the edges of a leaf by means of silk; as, the apple-leaf sewer (Phoxopteris nubeculana)

Sewernoun

A drain or passage to carry off water and filth under ground; a subterraneous channel, particularly in cities.

Sewernoun

Formerly, an upper servant, or household officer, who set on and removed the dishes at a feast, and who also brought water for the hands of the guests.

Sewernoun

a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water

Sewernoun

someone who sews;

Sewernoun

misfortune resulting in lost effort or money;

Sewagenoun

A suspension of water and solid waste, transported by sewers to be disposed of or processed.

Sewagenoun

(obsolete) sewerage.

Sewagenoun

The contents of a sewer or drain; refuse liquids or matter carried off by sewers

Sewagenoun

Sewerage, 2.

Sewagenoun

waste matter carried away in sewers or drains

Sewage

Sewage (or domestic sewage, domestic wastewater, municipal wastewater) is a type of wastewater that is produced by a community of people. It is characterized by volume or rate of flow, physical condition, chemical and toxic constituents, and its bacteriologic status (which organisms it contains and in what quantities).