SEWER SYSTEM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sewer system mean? 

• SEWER SYSTEM (noun)
  The noun SEWER SYSTEM has 1 sense:

1. facility consisting of a system of sewers for carrying off liquid and solid sewage

  Familiarity information: SEWER SYSTEM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEWER SYSTEM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Facility consisting of a system of sewers for carrying off liquid and solid sewage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

sewage system; sewage works; sewer system

Hypernyms ("sewer system" is a kind of...):

facility; installation (a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry)

Meronyms (parts of "sewer system"):

cloaca; sewer; sewerage (a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water)

sewer line; sewer main (a main in a sewage system)

Holonyms ("sewer system" is a part of...):

base; infrastructure (the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area)

 Context examples 

By scanning the brains of healthy volunteers, researchers at the National Institutes of Health saw the first, long-sought evidence that our brains may drain some waste out through lymphatic vessels, the body’s sewer system.

(NIH researchers uncover drain pipes in our brains, National Institutes of Health)