different between outlet vs sewer

outlet

English

Etymology

out +? let.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?a?tl?t/, /?a?tl?t/

Noun

outlet (plural outlets)

  1. A vent or similar passage to allow the escape of something.
  2. Something which allows for the release of one's desires.
  3. A river that runs out of a lake.
  4. A shop that sells the products of a particular manufacturer or supplier.
  5. A wall-mounted device such as a socket or receptacle connected to an electrical system at which current is taken to supply utilization equipment or appliances.

Derived terms

  • media outlet

Translations

Anagrams

  • let out, let-out

Spanish

Etymology

From English outlet.

Noun

outlet m (plural outlets)

  1. outlet store

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sewer

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English sewer, seuer, from Anglo-Norman sewere (water-course), from Old French sewiere (overflow channel for a fishpond), from Vulgar Latin *exaqu?ria (drain for carrying water off), from Latin ex (out of, from) + aqu?ria (of or pertaining to waters).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: so?o'?, IPA(key): /?s(j)u??/
  • (General American) enPR: so?o?r, IPA(key): /?su?/
  • Homophone: suer
  • Rhymes: -u??(?)
  • Hyphenation: sew?er

Noun

sewer (plural sewers)

  1. A pipe or system of pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage.
Translations

Verb

sewer (third-person singular simple present sewers, present participle sewering, simple past and past participle sewered)

  1. (transitive) To provide (a place) with a system of sewers.

Etymology 2

From Middle English seware, seuere, from Anglo-Norman asseour, from Old French asseoir (find a seat for), from Latin assid?re, present active participle of asside? (attend to), from ad (to, towards, at) + sede? (sit).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: so?o'?, IPA(key): /?s(j)u??/
  • (General American) enPR: so?o?r, IPA(key): /?su?/
  • Hyphenation: sew?er

Noun

sewer (plural sewers)

  1. (now historical) A servant attending at a meal who is responsible for seating arrangements, serving dishes, etc.
    • 1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe:
      While the Saxon was plunged in these painful reflections, the door of their prison opened, and gave entrance to a sewer, holding his white rod of office.
    • 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin, published 2012, page 287:
      His nephew Charles, meanwhile, had grown up in the royal household, working as a sewer, or waiter.

Etymology 3

sew +? -er

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: s?'?, IPA(key): /?s???/
  • (US) enPR: s?'?r, IPA(key): /?so??/
  • Homophone: sower
  • Rhymes: -???(r)
  • Hyphenation: sew?er

Noun

sewer (plural sewers)

  1. One who sews.
  2. A small tortricid moth, the larva of which sews together the edges of a leaf using silk.
Synonyms
  • (one who sews): sempster/sempstress (man/woman), seamster/seamstress (man/woman), tailor
Translations

Anagrams

  • Ewers, Weser, ewers, re-sew, resew, sweer, weres

Middle English

Verb

sewer

  1. Alternative form of suren

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