American English pronunciation

How to pronounce sewer

IPA transcription: ['suɚ]

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Noun

  • a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water

  • someone who sews

    “a sewer of fine gowns”

  • misfortune resulting in lost effort or money

    “his career was in the gutter”

    “all that work went down the sewer”

    “pensions are in the toilet”

Usage examples

  • The second channel becomes the Wennington Sewers complex.
  • Storm drains are separate and distinct from sanitary sewer systems.
  • The sewer systems could not cope and the roads were flooded.
  • Venus was one of five turtles exposed to mutagen in the sewers.
  • The city has low water, sewer and sanitation rates, well-maintained infrastructure, and excellent schools.
  • In addition, plumbing vents allow sewer gases to be exhausted outdoors.
  • This is a toilet sewer drain pipe.
  • She is now stranded, stuck in the sewers.
  • In the dark and muck of the sewer, neither party recognizes the other.
  • I am a clothes sewer.