sewage
/ˈsuː.ɪd͡ʒ/US/ˈsu.ɪd͡ʒ/
sewage noun: a suspension of water and solid waste, transported by sewers to be disposed of or processed.
Noun
sewage (countable and uncountable, plural sewages)
- A suspension of water and solid waste, transported by sewers to be disposed of or processed.
- Untreated sewage can pollute rivers.
- The city invested in a modern sewage system.
- Synonyms:
- soil
- Sewerage (sewer system).
sewage meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
sewage in Hindi
- सीवेज, मलजल
sewage in Tamil
- கழிவு
sewage in Urdu
- گند نکاسی
sewage in Bengali
- পয়ঃনিষ্কাশন বর্জ্য, ময়লা পানি
More languagesFewer languages
- sewage in Malayalam
- മലിനജലം malinajalaṁ
- sewage in Kannada
- ಕೊಚ್ಚೆನೀರು, ಹೊಲಸುನೀರು, ಕೊಚ್ಚೆ, ಹೊಲಸು
- sewage in Odia
- ନର୍ଦ୍ଦମା
- sewage in Nepali
- ढल
- sewage in Malay
- kumbahan
- sewage in Indonesian
- air limbah
- sewage in Persian
- گنداب gandâb
Examples of sewage in a sentence
- The sewer burst, and a tide of sewage poured into nearby properties.
- They flooded the room with sewage.
- Before I knew it, I was standing knee deep in sewage.
Synonyms of sewage
Forms of sewage
| plural | sewages |
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Origin of sewage
From sewer (“system of pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage”) + -age or from sew (“to drain or draw off water”) + -age.
Words formed from sewage
Phrases with sewage
Questions about sewage
- What does sewage mean?
- Sewage means a suspension of water and solid waste, transported by sewers to be disposed of or processed.
- What is sewage in Hindi?
- Sewage in Hindi is सीवेज, मलजल. See Sewage meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is sewage?
- Sewage is a noun.
- How do you pronounce sewage?
- Sewage is pronounced /ˈsuː.ɪd͡ʒ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of sewage?
- The plural of sewage is sewages.
Words near sewage in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: sewage (page history and authors); sewage (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sewage (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sewage (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sewage (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sewage (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sewage (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sewage (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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