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SEWER SYSTEM

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Dictionary entry overview: What does sewer system mean?

• SEWER SYSTEM (noun)
The noun SEWER SYSTEM has 1 sense:

1. facility consisting of a system of sewers for carrying off liquid and solid sewage

Familiarity information: SEWER SYSTEM used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• SEWER SYSTEM (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Facility consisting of a system of sewers for carrying off liquid and solid sewage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

sewage system; sewage works; sewer system

Hypernyms ("sewer system" is a kind of...):

facility; installation (a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry)

Meronyms (parts of "sewer system"):

cloaca; sewer; sewerage (a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water)

sewer line; sewer main (a main in a sewage system)

Holonyms ("sewer system" is a part of...):

base; infrastructure (the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area)

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