'Sewage' definitions:
Definition of 'sewage'
From: WordNet
noun
Waste matter carried away in sewers or drains [syn: sewage, sewerage]
Definition of 'Sewage'
From: GCIDE
- Sewage \Sew"age\, n.
- 1. The contents of a sewer or drain; refuse liquids or matter carried off by sewers [1913 Webster]
- 2. Sewerage, 2. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'sewage'
From: GCIDE
- Sewerage \Sew"er*age\, n.
- 1. The construction of a sewer or sewers. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The system of sewers in a city, town, etc.; the general drainage of a city or town by means of sewers. [1913 Webster]
- 3. The material collected in, and discharged by, sewers. [In this sense sewage is preferable and common.] [1913 Webster]