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English Dictionary: sewerage by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sewerage
n
  1. waste matter carried away in sewers or drains [syn: sewage, sewerage]
  2. a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water
    Synonym(s): sewer, sewerage, cloaca
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sewerage \Sew"er*age\, n.
      1. The construction of a sewer or sewers.
  
      2. The system of sewers in a city, town, etc.; the general
            drainage of a city or town by means of sewers.
  
      3. The material collected in, and discharged by, sewers. [In
            this sense {sewage} is preferable and common.]
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