sewer Synonyms
Another word for sewer
• noun (Context 1)
An underground conduit, pipe, or channel designed for carrying off drainage water and waste matter from buildings and streets to a treatment facility or disposal point.
"Heavy rainfall overwhelmed the municipal drain, causing water to back up into the streets."
• noun (Context 2)
A person who sews, stitches, or makes and repairs garments using a needle and thread or a sewing machine.
"As an experienced stitcher, she was able to alter the wedding dress in just two days."
• noun (Context 3)
A place, situation, or environment characterized by moral corruption, squalor, or filth.
"The investigative journalist exposed the online forum as a veritable cesspool of disinformation and vitriol."
• verb (Context 4)
To provide or equip an area, town, or building with a system of underground sewers for drainage.
"The municipal government approved a bond measure to drain the newly annexed residential district."