: a medieval household officer often of high rank in charge of serving the dishes at table and sometimes of seating and tasting
: an artificial usually subterranean conduit to carry off sewage and sometimes surface water (as from rainfall)
Examples of sewer in a Sentence
Noun (2)
a good sewer who designs her own clothing
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Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2025
The city also would provide another $142 million for roads, sewers and the demolition of Tropicana Field.
—Colleen Wright, Orlando Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2025
Village officials established a sewer and water task force in 2004 to investigate the cost of water, and by 2006 filed a formal complaint with the Illinois Commerce Commission against Illinois American Water, according to village documents.
—Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2025
Those include paying for infrastructure upgrades like sewers and sidewalks, affordable housing projects and programs like Meals on Wheels.
—Christopher Flavelle, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
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Noun
The city’s combined water and sewer rates are higher, for example, than those in Coral Gables, Hialeah and unincorporated Miami-Dade County.
—Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2025
The city also would provide another $142 million for roads, sewers and the demolition of Tropicana Field.
—Colleen Wright, Orlando Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2025
Village officials established a sewer and water task force in 2004 to investigate the cost of water, and by 2006 filed a formal complaint with the Illinois Commerce Commission against Illinois American Water, according to village documents.
—Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2025
Those include paying for infrastructure upgrades like sewers and sidewalks, affordable housing projects and programs like Meals on Wheels.
—Christopher Flavelle, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for sewer
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“Sewer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sewer. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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