Cesspitnoun
A cesspool; a pit or covered cistern used to collect sewage and waste water.
Sumpnoun
A hollow or pit into which liquid drains, such as a cesspool, cesspit or sink.
Cesspitnoun
a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it
Sumpnoun
The lowest part of a mineshaft into which water drains.
Cesspit
A cesspit (or cesspool or soak pit in some contexts), is a term with various meanings: it is used to describe either an underground holding tank (sealed at the bottom) or a soak pit (not sealed at the bottom). It can be used for the temporary collection and storage of feces, excreta or fecal sludge as part of an on-site sanitation system and has some similarities with septic tanks or with soak pits.
Sumpnoun
A completely flooded cave passage, sometimes passable by diving.
Sumpnoun
(automotive) The crankcase or oil reservoir of an internal combustion engine.
Sumpnoun
(nautical) The pit at the lowest point in a circulating or drainage system (FM 55-501).
Sumpnoun
(construction) An intentional depression around a drain or scupper that promotes drainage.
Sumpverb
(intransitive) Of a cave passage, to end in a sump, or to fill completely with water on occasion.
βWe discovered a new passage, but it sumped after 100 metres.β; βThis low passage sumps quickly after moderate rainfall.β;
Sumpnoun
A round pit of stone, lined with clay, for receiving the metal on its first fusion.
Sumpnoun
The cistern or reservoir made at the lowest point of a mine, from which is pumped the water which accumulates there.
Sumpnoun
A pond of water for salt works.
Sumpnoun
A puddle or dirty pool.
Sumpnoun
an oil reservoir in an internal combustion engine
Sumpnoun
a well or other hole in which water has collected
Sumpnoun
a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it
Sump
A sump (American English and some parts of Canada: oil pan) is a low space that collects often undesirable liquids such as water or chemicals. A sump can also be an infiltration basin used to manage surface runoff water and recharge underground aquifers.