English Explanatory Dictionary

sewer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A pipe or channel, or system of pipes or channels, used to remove human waste and to provide drainage.
verb
  1. To provide (a place) with a system of sewers.
noun
  1. An official in charge of a princely household, also responsible for the ceremonial task of attending at dinners, seating the guests and serving dishes.
noun
  1. One who sews.
  2. A small tortricid moth, the larva of which sews together the edges of a leaf using silk.

Pronunciation

so͞o′ə /ˈs(j)uːə/ so͞o′ər /ˈsuɚ/ en-uk-sewer.ogg en-us-sewer.ogg en-au-sewer.ogg so͞o'ə so͞oər LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sewer (j).wav sō'ə /ˈsəʊə/ sō'ər /ˈsoʊɚ/ en-us-sewer-2.ogg

Word forms

sewer sewers sewering sewered

Etymology

From Middle English sewer, seuer, from Anglo-Norman sewere (“water-course”), from Old French sewiere (“overflow channel for a fishpond”), from Vulgar Latin *exaquāria (“drain for carrying water off”), from Latin ex (“out of, from”) + aquāria (“of or pertaining to waters”) or from a root *exaquāre.

Synonyms

sempster sempstress seamster seamstress tailor sewist

Derived words

car sewer common sewer leaf sewer sanitary sewer sewage sewerable sewerage sewer fly sewer gas sewerless sewerlike sewerman sewer rat sewer service sewer slide sewer socialism sewer socialist sewery storm sewer subsewer supersewer
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