sewage

«sewage» in Mova's school dictionary: the dirty water and waste from toilets, sinks and drains… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (sewage — uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) Sewage is the dirty water and waste from toilets, sinks and drains that flows through pipes called sewers. tree →

2) It is cleaned at a sewage treatment plant before the water goes back into rivers or the sea. tree →

sense 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 →
• The beach was closed because sewage leaked into the sea. tree →
• Old cities without sewage systems had lots of diseases. tree →
• Don't swim in flood water; it may have sewage in it. tree →
• The sewage works cleans the water before it goes to the river. tree →
• Only flush pee, poo and toilet paper, or the sewage pipes can block. tree →

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).

In the corpora

• Never play or swim in floodwater, because it contains sewage, chemicals and hidden dangers.
• Tap water is cleaned at a water treatment works and used water is cleaned again at a sewage works.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «sewage» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.