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SEWERAGE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water

Synonyms:

cloaca; sewer; sewerage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("sewerage" is a kind of...):

drain; drainpipe; waste pipe (a pipe through which liquid is carried away)

Holonyms ("sewerage" is a part of...):

sewage system; sewage works; sewer system (facility consisting of a system of sewers for carrying off liquid and solid sewage)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Waste matter carried away in sewers or drains

Synonyms:

sewage; sewerage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("sewerage" is a kind of...):

waste; waste material; waste matter; waste product (any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted)

Meronyms (substance of "sewerage"):

effluent; sewer water; wastewater (water mixed with waste matter)

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