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# sewage

noun (sewage — uncountable)

«sewage» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Sewage is the dirty water and waste from toilets, sinks and drains that flows through pipes called sewers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sewage/#m1)
2. It is cleaned at a sewage treatment plant before the water goes back into rivers or the sea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sewage/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science and geography lessons, the water cycle in towns includes sewage treatment; clean sewage systems stopped diseases like cholera. In safety lessons: never swim where sewage flows and wash hands after floods. Phrases: «raw sewage», «sewage treatment works», «sewage pipe».

### Examples

- Sewage goes from our toilets through pipes to the treatment plant. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sewage/#x1)
- The beach was closed because sewage leaked into the sea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sewage/#x2)
- Old cities without sewage systems had lots of diseases. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sewage/#x3)
- Don't swim in flood water; it may have sewage in it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sewage/#x4)
- The sewage works cleans the water before it goes to the river. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sewage/#x5)
- Only flush pee, poo and toilet paper, or the sewage pipes can block. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sewage/#x6)

### Note

Uncountable: «some sewage», not «a sewage». «Sewer» (SOO-er) is the pipe; «sewage» (SOO-idge) is what flows in it. Don't confuse with «sewer» meaning a person who sews (SO-er).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «sewage» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sewage/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«sewage» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sewage.html) on Mova free.