: 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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Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 16 Sep. 2025
In the 1970s, he was elected commissioner of the Provo Canyon sewer district in his beloved Utah.
—Judith Thurman, Architectural Digest, 16 Sep. 2025
The storm sewers are literally overflowing!
—R29 Team, Refinery29, 15 Sep. 2025
Two-thirds of Erie’s development fees are tied to water and sewer, while in Denver, that ratio is only one-third.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 15 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Together with about $125 in rising water, sewer and recycling fees, that could add well over $600 to total charges for residential property owners in the Thomas-Dale/Frogtown, Payne-Phalen, North End and West Side neighborhoods.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 16 Sep. 2025
In the 1970s, he was elected commissioner of the Provo Canyon sewer district in his beloved Utah.
—Judith Thurman, Architectural Digest, 16 Sep. 2025
The storm sewers are literally overflowing!
—R29 Team, Refinery29, 15 Sep. 2025
Two-thirds of Erie’s development fees are tied to water and sewer, while in Denver, that ratio is only one-third.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 15 Sep. 2025
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“Sewer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sewer. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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