: a medieval household officer often of high rank in charge of serving the dishes at table and sometimes of seating and tasting
: an artificial usually subterranean conduit to carry off sewage and sometimes surface water (as from rainfall)
Examples of sewer in a Sentence
Noun (2)
a good sewer who designs her own clothing
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Dylan Lysen
may 19, Kansas City Star, 19 May 2026
According to Barger, the county faces more than $2 billion in public infrastructure restoration costs, including streets, septic, sewers, undergrounding of utilities and private and municipal water districts.
—David Wilson, Daily News, 19 May 2026
City officials learned of the sewer collapse from staff at the Metropolitan Council Environmental Services Wastewater Treatment Plant, said Shawn Sanders, the city’s director of public works.
—Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 18 May 2026
Some argue that parking, sewer and garbage – the infrastructure designed for single-family homes – is being stretched too thin.
—Lee Cowan, CBS News, 17 May 2026
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Kansas City voters that year overwhelmingly approved a $750 million bond for the city’s sanitary sewer system in April and two bonds worth $175 million bond for parks and entertainment facilities and affordable housing programs in November.
—Dylan Lysen
may 19, Kansas City Star, 19 May 2026
According to Barger, the county faces more than $2 billion in public infrastructure restoration costs, including streets, septic, sewers, undergrounding of utilities and private and municipal water districts.
—David Wilson, Daily News, 19 May 2026
City officials learned of the sewer collapse from staff at the Metropolitan Council Environmental Services Wastewater Treatment Plant, said Shawn Sanders, the city’s director of public works.
—Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 18 May 2026
Some argue that parking, sewer and garbage – the infrastructure designed for single-family homes – is being stretched too thin.
—Lee Cowan, CBS News, 17 May 2026
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“Sewer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sewer. Accessed 27 May. 2026.
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