Sewer is defined as a set of pipes and drains to remove waste water and other waste materials.
(noun)An example of a sewer is the drainage area into which home toilets feed.
The definition of a sewer is someone who sews.
(noun)An example of a sewer is a seamstress who makes repairs at a dry cleaners.
See sewer in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
Origin: ME < MFr esseweur < essever, to drain off < VL *exaquare < L ex, out + aqua, water: see island
intransitive verb
noun
noun
Origin: ME, aphetic < Anglo-Fr asseour < OFr asseoir, to seat, cause to sit < L assidere, to sit by < ad-, to + sedere, to sit
See sewer in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
Origin:
Origin: Middle English
Origin: , from Anglo-Norman sewere
Origin: , from Vulgar Latin *exaquāria
Origin: : Latin ex-, ex-
Origin: + Latin aquāria
Origin: , feminine of aquārius, pertaining to water (from aqua, water; see akw-ā- in Indo-European roots)
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Origin:
Origin: Middle English
Origin: , from Anglo-Norman asseour
Origin: , from asseer, to seat guests
Origin: , from Latin assidēre, to sit down
Origin: : ad-, ad-
Origin: + sedēre, to sit; see sed- in Indo-European roots
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