Definitions
a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water
Word origin
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.
Used in a sentence
“There was a blockage in the sewer after an item of clothing was flushed down the toilet.”
“One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. Isolating a city’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination.”
“While the Saxon was plunged in these painful reflections, the door of their prison opened, and gave entrance to a sewer, holding his white rod of office.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Waste pipe”5 letters
02“Wastewater channel”5 letters
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