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sewage

4 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. sewage (noun)
  2. sewage disposal (noun)
  3. sewage farm (noun)
  4. sewage fly (noun)

sew·age

noun \ˈsü-ij\

Definition of SEWAGE

: refuse liquids or waste matter usually carried off by sewers
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Origin of SEWAGE

3sewer
First Known Use: 1834

Other Civil Engineering Terms

asphalt, ballast, barrage, cantilever, infrastructure, sluice

Rhymes with SEWAGE

brewage

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