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sewer

/ˈsuɚ/ sustantivo C1

En español: alcantarilla, cloaca, alcantarillado, albañal

  1. 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.
The Great Stink and the Engineering of a Modern Metropolis, p. 1 · C2
His ambitious blueprint involved constructing over a thousand miles of subterranean street sewers, navigating complex topography and existing underground railway foundations.
The Great Stink and the Engineering of a Modern Metropolis, p. 1 · C2
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.
The Great Stink and the Engineering of a Modern Metropolis, p. 1 · C2

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