sewer

«sewer» in Mova's school dictionary: a large underground pipe or tunnel that carries away… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a sewer, sewers); noun (a sewer — person who sews)

meaning for a pupil

1) A sewer is a large underground pipe or tunnel that carries away dirty water and waste from toilets, sinks and streets. tree →

2) A sewer (said «SOH-er») is also a person who sews. tree →

sense in the lessons

In history, London's sewers were built to stop diseases like cholera spreading. In science, sewage goes through sewers to treatment works. In stories, sewers are dark tunnels (like the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' home).

examples

• Rainwater runs into the sewer through the drain. tree →
• Rats live in the sewers. tree →
• The Victorians built huge sewers under London. tree →
• The Ninja Turtles live in a sewer. tree →
• My nan is a great sewer — she made my costume. tree →
• Don't pour fat down the sink, it blocks the sewers. tree →
• Now they are vanishing points in that new underground world--that wonder of the present day--the sewers of Paris. tree →

note

Two pronunciations: «SOO-er» (pipe) and «SOH-er» (one who sews). Waste in it is «sewage». Never go into a sewer — dangerous gases and floods.

In the corpora

• Brown rats live wherever people live; they eat our waste and shelter in drains, sewers and buildings.

Trees and pragmatics

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