Associations to the word «Sewer»

SEWER, noun. A pipe or system of pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage.

SEWER, verb. (transitive) To provide (a place) with a system of sewers.

SEWER, noun. (now historical) A servant attending at a meal, responsible for seating arrangements, serving dishes etc.

SEWER, noun. One who sews.

SEWER, noun. A small tortricid moth whose larva sews together the edges of a leaf by means of silk.

SEWER GAS, noun. A mixture of toxic and non-toxic gases produced and collected in sewage systems by the decomposition of organic household or industrial wastes.

SEWER RAT, noun. Used other than as an idiom: see A rat that lives in sewers.

SEWER RAT, noun. Brown rat (Rattus norvegicus)

SEWER RAT, noun. (idiom) A very contemptible person

SEWER, noun. A waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water.

SEWER, noun. Someone who sews; "a sewer of fine gowns".

SEWER, noun. Misfortune resulting in lost effort or money; "his career was in the gutter"; "all that work went down the sewer"; "pensions are in the toilet".