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SEWERAGE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("sewerage" is a kind of...):
drain; drainpipe; waste pipe (a pipe through which liquid is carried away)
Holonyms ("sewerage" is a part of...):
sewage system; sewage works; sewer system (facility consisting of a system of sewers for carrying off liquid and solid sewage)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Waste matter carried away in sewers or drains
Synonyms:
sewage; sewerage
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("sewerage" is a kind of...):
waste; waste material; waste matter; waste product (any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted)
Meronyms (substance of "sewerage"):
effluent; sewer water; wastewater (water mixed with waste matter)
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