sewer drain

sewer drain
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  • Drain cleaner — A drain cleaner is a consumer product or device that unblocks sewer pipes or helps to prevent the occurrence of clogged drains; the term may also refer to the individual who performs the activity. Drain cleaners can be classified in three… …   Wikipedia

  • Sewer gas — is a mixture of gases produced and collected in sewage systems by the decomposition of organic household or industrial wastes. These gases include hydrogen sulfide, ammonia, methane, carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides. Other… …   Wikipedia

  • 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.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Drain — Drain, n. 1. The act of draining, or of drawing off; gradual and continuous outflow or withdrawal; as, the drain of specie from a country; the project is a drain on resources. [1913 Webster] 2. That means of which anything is drained; a channel;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sewer — sewer1 [so͞o′ər] n. [ME < MFr esseweur < essever, to drain off < VL * exaquare < L ex, out + aqua, water: see ISLAND] a pipe or drain, usually underground, used to carry off water and waste matter vi. to clean or maintain sewers… …   English World dictionary

  • drain — [n] channel through which liquid runs off cesspool, cloaca, conduit, culvert, ditch, duct, outlet, pipe, sewer, sink, trench, watercourse; concept 501 drain [v1] remove liquid; remove supply abate, bankrupt, bleed, bleed dry*, catheterize,… …   New thesaurus

  • sewer — ► NOUN ▪ an underground conduit for carrying off drainage water and waste matter. ORIGIN Old French seuwiere channel to drain the overflow from a fish pond , from Latin ex out of + aqua water …   English terms dictionary

  • Drain-waste-vent system — DWV redirects here. For other uses, see Deformed wing virus. Detail of soil stack, which is connected to the sewer and vented at the top. In modern plumbing, a drain waste vent (or DWV) is part of a system that removes sewage and greywater from a …   Wikipedia

  • Sewer alligator — A model of an alligator emerging from a sewer in a mall. Sewer alligator stories date back to the late 1920s and early 1930s, in most instances they are part of contemporary legend. They are based upon reports of alligator sightings in rather… …   Wikipedia

  • drain — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. draw off, empty, exhaust, leak, drip, dry up. n. outlet, spout, sewer, ditch, gutter. See water, use, dryness, egress, waste, cleanness. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A pipe or conduit] Syn. duct, channel,… …   English dictionary for students

  • sewer — An underground conduit or covered drain which carries away filth and waste matter, or, as in the case of a storm sewer, surface water and street wash. Anselmi v Rock Springs, 53 Wyo 223, 80 P2d 419, 116 ALR 1250; 25 Am J2d Drains § 1. That which… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

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