Found 3 items, similar to Sewer.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: sewer comberan, pencomber
English → English (WordNet) Definition: sewer sewer n 1: a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water [syn: sewerage, cloaca] 2: someone who sews; “a sewer of fine gowns” 3: misfortune resulting in lost effort or money; “his career was in the gutter”; “all that work went down the sewer”; “pensions are in the toilet” [syn: gutter, toilet]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Sewer Sewer \Sew"er\, n. 1. One who sews, or stitches. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo["o]l.) A small tortricid moth whose larva sews together the edges of a leaf by means of silk; as, the apple-leaf sewer (Phoxopteris nubeculana) [1913 Webster] Sewer \Sew"er\, n. [OF. sewiere, seuwiere, ultimately fr. L. ex out + a derivative of aqua water; cf. OF. essevour a drain, essever, esseuwer, essiaver, to cause to flow, to drain, to flow, LL. exaquatorium a channel through which water runs off. Cf. Ewer, Aquarium.] A drain or passage to carry off water and filth under ground; a subterraneous channel, particularly in cities. [1913 Webster] Sewer \Sew"er\, n. [Cf. OE. assewer, and asseour, OF. asseour, F. asseoir to seat, to set, L. assidere to sit by; ad + sedere to sit (cf. Sit); or cf. OE. sew pottage, sauce, boiled meat, AS. se['a]w juice, Skr. su to press out.] Formerly, an upper servant, or household officer, who set on and removed the dishes at a feast, and who also brought water for the hands of the guests. [1913 Webster] Then the sewer Poured water from a great and golden ewer, That from their hands to a silver caldron ran. --Chapman. [1913 Webster]