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sewerage

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Etymology

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Etymology tree
English sewer
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos
Proto-Italic *-ātos
Latin -ātus
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icus
Latin -āticus
Latin -āticum
Old French -agebor.
Middle English -age
English -age
English sewerage

    From sewer + -age.

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    sewerage (countable and uncountable, plural sewerages)

    1. A network of sewer pipes that geographically transfers wastewater; a sewer system.
    2. (rare or nonstandard) Sewage.
      • 1860, Acts of the Legislature in Reference to Water Supply and Reports of Water Commissioners, With Accompanying Documents, 1851-60, page 276:
        Mr. Lovick made a similar experiment, to determine accurately the amount of sewerage from 1,200 average sized houses in London, where there was an intermittent supply of water from the different water companies.
      • 2001, Paedogeddon (Brass Eye TV special)
        They put off paedophiles by spraying the child with eight litres of pressurized sewerage.
      • 2010, India Today 5 Apr 17
        About 3.6 billion tonnes of untreated sewerage flows daily into the Yamuna, which supplies over 60 percent of Delhi's water.

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