sewage
Other forms: sewages
The waste water that flows down drains and through pipes from toilets and sinks is called sewage. There's nothing quite like smelling sewage on a hot summer day.
Have you ever wondered where the soapy, dirty water from your washing machine goes after your clothes are clean? It flows down the drain into a pipe, and is carried with other sewage out to the street and your city's wastewater system, or into a private septic tank. Sewage comes from the now-obsolete verb sew, "to drain or draw off water."
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waste matter carried away in sewers or drainssynonyms: seweragetype of:waste, waste material, waste matter, waste productany materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted
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