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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
sewage
sew·age BrE [ˈsuːɪdʒ] BrE [ˈsjuːɪdʒ] NAmE [ˈsuːɪdʒ] noun uncountable
used water and waste substances that are produced by human bodies, that are carried away from houses and factories through special pipes (= ↑sewers )
•a ban on the dumping of raw sewage (= that has not been treated with chemicals) at sea
•sewage disposal
compare ↑wastewater
Word Origin:
[sewage] mid 19th cent.: from ↑sewer, by substitution of the suffix ↑-age.
Example Bank:
•In some parts of the country raw sewage is pumped straight in the ocean.
•Sewage should be treated in a proper disposal system.
•a sewage treatment plant
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