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sewer

/ˈsuɚ/noun2 syllables

Sewer means: a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water.

Synonyms for sewer10

noun, as in a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water

sewerage, cloaca

noun, as in misfortune resulting in lost effort or money

also used for sewer

sempster, sempstress, seamster, seamstress, tailor, sewist

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What does sewer mean?3

noun

1

a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water

2

misfortune resulting in lost effort or money“his career was in the gutter”

3

someone who sews“a sewer of fine gowns”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with sewer?6

two syllables

fewernewerviewerbrewertruer

three syllables

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Sewer in a sentence

  • Rainwater flows from the gutter, down the downpipe and into the sewer.sundown
  • Rainwater flows from the gutter, down the drainpipe and into the sewer.sundown
  • If not for the issue of the sewers, we would've already built the house.zogwarg
  • The route is blocked due to a leak in a sewer pipe.lucasmg123
  • There's a big fatberg clogging up the sewer.shekitten
  • The billionaire flooded the swamp with sewer water.rul
  • Drops of blood dripped from the butcher shop's sewer pipe.carlosalberto
  • I heard that there were alligators in the sewers.Spamster

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Forms of sewer

as a noun

plural
sewers