sewer
/ˈsuɚ/ noun C1- A pipe or channel, or system of pipes or channels, used to remove human waste and to provide drainage. · There was a blockage in the sewer after an item of clothing was flushed down the toilet.
Plural sewers
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Bazalgette conceived a comprehensive and ingenious network of intercepting sewers designed to divert wastewater far away from the densely populated urban center.
His ambitious blueprint involved constructing over a thousand miles of subterranean street sewers, navigating complex topography and existing underground railway foundations.
These majestic stone structures securely housed the crucial new subterranean sewer lines while fortifying the muddy banks of the great river against relentless tidal erosion.
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