sewer.
A pipe or channel, or system of pipes or channels, used to remove human waste and to provide drainage.
Meaning & usage
A pipe or channel, or system of pipes or channels, used to remove human waste and to provide drainage.
There was a blockage in the sewer after an item of clothing was flushed down the toilet.
Where this word comes from
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.
To provide (a place) with a system of sewers.
Where this word comes from
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.
An official in charge of a princely household, also responsible for the ceremonial task of attending at dinners, seating the guests and serving dishes.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English seware, seuere, from Anglo-Norman asseour, from Old French asseoir (“find a seat for”), from Latin assidēre, present active infinitive of assideō (“attend to”), from ad (“to, towards, at”) + sedeō (“sit”).
One who sews.
A small tortricid moth, the larva of which sews together the edges of a leaf using silk.
the apple-leaf sewer, Ancylis nubeculana
Where this word comes from
sew + -er
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