sewage

Sewage is defined as waste matter and excrement carried away in drains.

(noun)

Waste matter that you flush down your toilet that gets carried away in the sewer is an example of sewage.

See sewage in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

the waste matter carried off by sewers or drains

Origin: sew(er) + -age

See sewage in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Liquid and solid waste carried off in sewers or drains.

Origin:

Origin: Perhaps sew, sewer (from Middle English, short for Anglo-Norman sewere; see sewer¹)

Origin: + -age

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