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sewer in Tagalog

alkantarilya

/ˈs(j)uːə//ˈsuɚ/

sewer in Tagalog: alkantarilya. In English, sewer means a pipe or channel, or system of pipes or channels, used to remove human waste and to provide drainage.

Tagalog words for sewer

pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage
alkantarilya

English meaning of sewer

  1. noun A pipe or channel, or system of pipes or channels, used to remove human waste and to provide drainage.
  2. verb To provide (a place) with a system of sewers.
  3. 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.
  4. noun One who sews.

Full definition of sewer

sewer in a sentence

  • There was a blockage in the sewer after an item of clothing was flushed down the toilet.
  • the apple-leaf sewer, Ancylis nubeculana

Synonyms of sewer

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Questions about sewer in Tagalog

What is the meaning of sewer in Tagalog?
Sewer in Tagalog is alkantarilya.
Ano ang sewer sa Tagalog?
Sewer: alkantarilya.
What does sewer mean in English?
Sewer means a pipe or channel, or system of pipes or channels, used to remove human waste and to provide drainage.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sewer (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Tagalog words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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