Plural of sewer
regular plural
The plural of sewer is sewers.
Forms of sewer
| Singular | sewer /ˈs(j)uːə/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | sewers |
| Countable | countable |
Sewers in a sentence
- Isolating a city’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination.2014 June 14, “It’s a gas”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8891, London: The Economist Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the...
- Back then, the digging of sewers was done largely by day men with shovels and picks.From the entry day man
- If we don't spend money to maintain our infrastructure, such as roads, bridges, water mains, sewers, and electrical grids, then it will begin to fail us.From the entry infrastructure
- I am present engaged in fishing for tosh in the sewers of Blastburn.1974, Joan Aiken, Midnight is a Place, page 164. From the entry tosh
- So-called bluebelts in the city connect storm sewers to lakes and ponds, conveying excess water to these natural holding areas.2023 July 15, Hilary Howard, “New York Is Preparing for More Floods. Will It Be Enough?”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New…. From the entry bluebelt
Meaning of sewer
- noun A pipe or channel, or system of pipes or channels, used to remove human waste and to provide drainage.
- verb To provide (a place) with a system of sewers.
- noun An official in charge of a princely household, also responsible for the ceremonial task of attending at dinners, seating the guests and serving dishes.
Questions about the plural of sewer
- What is the plural of sewer?
- The plural of sewer is sewers.
- Is sewer countable?
- Sewer is a countable noun.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: sewer (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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