sewerage Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun waste matter carried away in sewers or drains
    sewage.
  2. noun a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water
    cloaca; sewer.

WordNet


Sew"er*age noun
Definitions
  1. The construction of a sewer or sewers.
  2. The system of sewers in a city, town, etc.; the general drainage of a city or town by means of sewers.
  3. The material collected in, and discharged by, sewers. In this sense sewage is preferable and common.

Webster 1913