: 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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Arkansas Online, 22 Oct. 2025
In addition, the town must ensure infrastructure such as roads, water and sewer systems adequately supports the increase in population and businesses and includes affordable housing units.
—Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2025
The Unified Government created a set of incentives, which include cutting permit fees and water and sewer connection fees, for people who want to build on its land bank property to try to encourage redevelopment.
—Kansas City Star, 18 Oct. 2025
Calvo also proposed to cut water and sewer costs.
—Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
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Officials at the Water Reclamation Authority are pursuing new goals after the utility was officially released last year from a pair of longstanding legal agreements that required the utility to address sewer overflows, leading to major investments across the system.
—Arkansas Online, 22 Oct. 2025
In addition, the town must ensure infrastructure such as roads, water and sewer systems adequately supports the increase in population and businesses and includes affordable housing units.
—Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2025
The Unified Government created a set of incentives, which include cutting permit fees and water and sewer connection fees, for people who want to build on its land bank property to try to encourage redevelopment.
—Kansas City Star, 18 Oct. 2025
Calvo also proposed to cut water and sewer costs.
—Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
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“Sewer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sewer. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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