: 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)
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Noun (2)
a good sewer who designs her own clothing
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Under heavy rain, Matthew Stone was clearing branches and a log from a storm sewer in front of his home on Guadalupe Street in Kerrville on Sunday as several inches of water pooled up on the road.
—Gabriela Aoun Angueira, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2025
First opened to the public in the 19th century, the museum explores actual sewer tunnels and highlights the engineering brilliance of Baron Haussmann’s modern sewage network.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
One worry was another pipe path led deeper into the sewer system.
—Erik S. Hanley, jsonline.com, 5 July 2025
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Noun
Under heavy rain, Matthew Stone was clearing branches and a log from a storm sewer in front of his home on Guadalupe Street in Kerrville on Sunday as several inches of water pooled on the road.
—arkansasonline.com, 14 July 2025
Under heavy rain, Matthew Stone was clearing branches and a log from a storm sewer in front of his home on Guadalupe Street in Kerrville on Sunday as several inches of water pooled up on the road.
—Gabriela Aoun Angueira, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2025
First opened to the public in the 19th century, the museum explores actual sewer tunnels and highlights the engineering brilliance of Baron Haussmann’s modern sewage network.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
One worry was another pipe path led deeper into the sewer system.
—Erik S. Hanley, jsonline.com, 5 July 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 20 Jul. 2025.
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