sewage
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sew·age
(so͞o′ĭj)n.
Liquid and solid waste carried off in sewers or drains.
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sewage
(ˈsuːɪdʒ)n
waste matter from domestic or industrial establishments that is carried away in sewers or drains for dumping or conversion into a form that is not toxic
[C19: back formation from sewer1]
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sew•age
(ˈsu ɪdʒ)also sewerage
n.
the waste matter that passes through sewers.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() waste, waste material, waste matter, waste product - any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted; "they collect the waste once a week"; "much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers" |
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sewage
noun waste, shit (taboo slang), slops, sewerage, effluent, excrement the MP's call for more treatment of raw sewage
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Translations
مِياه المَجاري
splašky
spildevand
szennyvíz
skolp
splašky
odplaka
lâğım pisliği
sewage
[ˈsjuːɪdʒ]A. N → aguas fpl residuales or cloacales
B. CPD sewage disposal N → depuración f de aguas residuales or cloacales
sewage farm N sewage works NSING → estación f depuradora
sewage system N → alcantarillado m
sewage farm N sewage works NSING → estación f depuradora
sewage system N → alcantarillado m
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
sewage
[ˈsuːɪdʒ] n → eaux fpl uséesraw sewage → eaux fpl usées brutessewage works sewage treatment works n → station f d'épuration
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sewage
sewage
:sewage disposal
n → Abwasserbeseitigung f
sewage farm
n → Rieselfeld nt
sewage works
n sing or pl → Kläranlage f
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sewer1
(ˈsjuə) noun an underground pipe or channel for carrying away water etc from drains.
ˈsewage (-idʒ) noun waste matter (carried away in sewers).
sewage farm a place where sewage is treated and disposed of.
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sewage
n. aguas de alcantarilla, cloacas.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
sewage
n aguas negras, (wastewater) aguas residualesEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.