: a medieval household officer often of high rank in charge of serving the dishes at table and sometimes of seating and tasting
: an artificial usually subterranean conduit to carry off sewage and sometimes surface water (as from rainfall)
Examples of sewer in a Sentence
Noun (2)
a good sewer who designs her own clothing
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Arkansas Online, 4 Sep. 2025
This would prevent combined sewer overflows, which is when sewage floods area stormwater lines and deposits into local waterbodies.
—Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2025
Sanitary sewers, which are used in most of the country, can cause problems if they are undermaintained, cracked or become blocked.
—Christopher Cann, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
The land near Micron would need to be annexed by Boise to connect to its sewer system.
—Darin Oswald, Idaho Statesman, 2 Sep. 2025
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Noun
But the widening expanse of single-family homes on large lots has used up the reach of the region’s sewer systems, attendees agreed.
—Arkansas Online, 4 Sep. 2025
This would prevent combined sewer overflows, which is when sewage floods area stormwater lines and deposits into local waterbodies.
—Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2025
Sanitary sewers, which are used in most of the country, can cause problems if they are undermaintained, cracked or become blocked.
—Christopher Cann, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
The land near Micron would need to be annexed by Boise to connect to its sewer system.
—Darin Oswald, Idaho Statesman, 2 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for sewer
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“Sewer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sewer. Accessed 6 Sep. 2025.
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