sewers

3 definitions • 4 examples

a large pipe, usually underground, that is used for carrying waste water and human waste away from buildings to a place where they can be safely got rid of:

a sewer pipe

A complicated system of sewers runs under the city.

a channel for carrying away waste water and waste from the human body that is above the ground and is not covered:

Next to the filthy alley is what appears to be an open sewer.

an artificial passage or pipe, usually underground, that carries waste and used water from sinks and toilets away from buildings to a place where they can be safely gotten rid of:

The county is putting in new sewers.