sewage farm

6.7

A farm where people use waste water to water and fertilize crops

noun
/ˈsuːɪdʒ fɑrm/

NSFW

: granja de aguas residuales

Environmental studies showed that the nearby sewage farm effectively promoted plant growth using treated wastewater.

Examples

The city decided to expand the sewage farm to increase its capacity for treating waste while also benefiting local agriculture.
This isn't a sewage farm.

Desecration (1999)
- Actually, it's the sewage farm.

Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes (1965)
Back to the sewage farm!

Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes (1965)
Make for the sewage farm!

Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes (1965)
Farmers nearby often use the nutrient-rich water from the sewage farm to irrigate their crops.

Synonyms

sewage works

vssewage farm

NSFW

3.9

A place where dirty water is cleaned before it goes back into nature

uses untreated or partly treated waste water to irrigate and fertilize land

sewage disposal plant

vssewage farm

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3.2

A place where dirty water from homes and businesses is cleaned and made safe

uses land irrigation with untreated or partly treated waste water instead of full treatment

Surface Forms

sewage farm singular

sewage farms plural

Morphology

sewage + farm

The meaning is directly and literally composed from 'sewage' (liquid waste) and 'farm' (tract of land), so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer it denotes a farm where sewage is used for irrigation or fertilization. This is a straightforward compositional compound with cross-linguistic parallels, making the sense predictable without prior exposure.

Etymology

Sewage farm is a very literal name: it refers to a farm where sewage, or dirty water and waste, is spread to water and feed the fields. So it means 'a farm that uses sewage to get rid of waste and help plants grow'.