Synonymer

Uttal

  • UttalUS
  • Okänd accent:
    • IPA: /ˈsuːə/
    • IPA: /ˈsjʊə/
    • IPA: /ˈsuɚ/
    • IPA: /ˈsjuːə/
    • IPA: /ˈsəʊə/
    • IPA: /ˈsoʊə/

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Definitioner

Substantiv

  1. A pipe or system of pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage.
  2. (now historical) A servant attending at a meal, responsible for seating arrangements, serving dishes etc.
  3. One who sews.
  4. A small tortricid moth whose larva sews together the edges of a leaf by means of silk.

Exempel

  • One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. Isolating a city’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination.
  • While the Saxon was plunged in these painful reflections, the door of their prison opened, and gave entrance to a sewer, holding his white rod of office.
  • His nephew Charles, meanwhile, had grown up in the royal household, working as a sewer, or waiter.
  • the apple-leaf sewer, Phoxopteris nubeculana
  • The sewers of Paris are a famous tourist sight.

Böjningsformer

Pluralsewers

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