: 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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Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2025
The developer will have to find a solution for sewer service, because two nearby stations are at capacity.
—Idaho Statesman, 29 Sep. 2025
The screamers were easy to spot once their group emerged from the sewer onto the city block right before my hiding spot.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 25 Sep. 2025
Contractors working on a sewer project on the 4600 block of 10th Avenue at Stockton Boulevard reported hearing a hissing sound coming from a 2-inch gas line, according to authorities.
—Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2025
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As San Diego council members prepare to vote on major water and sewer rate hikes, the city’s independent budget analyst warns that higher rates are all but unavoidable in order to keep the Public Utilities Department afloat — and that not raising rates would hurt customers in other ways.
—Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2025
The developer will have to find a solution for sewer service, because two nearby stations are at capacity.
—Idaho Statesman, 29 Sep. 2025
The screamers were easy to spot once their group emerged from the sewer onto the city block right before my hiding spot.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 25 Sep. 2025
Contractors working on a sewer project on the 4600 block of 10th Avenue at Stockton Boulevard reported hearing a hissing sound coming from a 2-inch gas line, according to authorities.
—Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2025
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“Sewer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sewer. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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