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sump
[ suhmp ]
noun
- a pit, well, or the like in which water or other liquid is collected.
- Machinery. a chamber at the bottom of a machine, pump, circulation system, etc., into which a fluid drains before recirculation or in which wastes gather before disposal.
- Mining.
- a space where water is allowed to collect at the bottom of a shaft or below a passageway.
- a pilot shaft or tunnel pushed out in front of a main bore.
- British. crankcase.
- British Dialect. a swamp, bog, or muddy pool.
sump
/ sʌmp /
noun
- a receptacle, such as the lower part of the crankcase of an internal-combustion engine, into which liquids, esp lubricants, can drain to form a reservoir
- another name for cesspool
- mining
- a depression at the bottom of a shaft where water collects before it is pumped away
- the front portion of a shaft or tunnel, ahead of the main bore
- dialect.a muddy pool or swamp
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Origin of sump1
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Example Sentences
Those vapors condense into a liquid later in the process and that “condensate” is collected in a storage area, called a sump.
Then they install sump pumps to remove remnant toxic waters.
Ef I aint done come traipsin' off en lef' my ole man money-pus, en he got sump'n' in dar w'at he won't take a purty fer, needer!
He put his leg up on a bench and an old gentleman seen sump'n stickin' out.
The average elevation that the water has to be raised is 65 feet, measuring from center of sump to point of delivery.
That was sumpty-sump years ago,” said Artie Van Arlen, “you have him in the third grade.
He had rather a fine horse, and in passing a sump-hole, his sled had skidded and slipped downhill into the water.
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