sewage

/ˈsuɪdʒ/

/ˈsuɪdʒ/

Other forms: sewages

The waste water that flows down drains and through pipes from toilets and sinks is called sewage. There's nothing quite like smelling sewage on a hot summer day.

Have you ever wondered where the soapy, dirty water from your washing machine goes after your clothes are clean? It flows down the drain into a pipe, and is carried with other sewage out to the street and your city's wastewater system, or into a private septic tank. Sewage comes from the now-obsolete verb sew, "to drain or draw off water."

Definitions of sewage

1. noun

   waste matter carried away in sewers or drains
   synonyms: sewerage

   type of:

   waste, waste material, waste matter, waste product

   any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted