sewerage
/ˈsuː.ɹɪd͡ʒ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.85 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A network of sewer pipes that geographically transfers wastewater; a sewer system.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Mr. Lovick made a similar experiment, to determine accurately the amount of sewerage from 1,200 average sized houses in London, where there was an intermittent supply of water from the different water companies."
- "They put off paedophiles by spraying the child with eight litres of pressurized sewerage."
- "About 3.6 billion tonnes of untreated sewerage flows daily into the Yamuna, which supplies over 60 percent of Delhi's water."
Etymology
Etymology tree English sewer Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English sewerage From sewer + -age.
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈsuː.ɹɪd͡ʒ/