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Sump

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Noun

1. sump

an oil reservoir in an internal combustion engine

2. sump

a well or other hole in which water has collected

3. cesspit, cesspool, sink, sump

a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Sump

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noun
1. 
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
2.  another name for cesspool
3. mining
a. 
a depression at the bottom of a shaft where water collects before it is pumped away
b. 
the front portion of a shaft or tunnel, ahead of the main bore
4. British dialect
a muddy pool or swamp

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Sump

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noun
1. 
a. 
a pit, cistern, cesspool, etc. for draining, collecting, or storing liquids
b.  British
oil pan
2.  Mining
a. 
a pit or pool at the bottom of a shaft or mine, in which water collects and from which it is pumped
b. 
an excavation at the head of a tunnel or shaft

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Sump

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n.
1.
a. A low-lying place, such as a pit, that receives drainage.
b. A cesspool.
2. A hole at the lowest point of a mine shaft into which water is drained in order to be pumped out.
3. The crankcase or oil reservoir of an internal-combustion engine.

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