Cesspool

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cesspool \Cess"pool`\ (-p[=oo]l`), n. [See {Sesspol}.]
     A cistern in the course, or the termination, of a drain, to
     collect sedimentary or superfluous matter; a privy vault; any
     receptacle of filth. [Written also {sesspool}.]
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cesspool
       n : a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it [syn:
            {cesspit}, {sink}, {sump}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  19 Moby Thesaurus words for "cesspool":
     Sodom, bog, cesspit, cloaca, cloaca maxima, den, drain, dump,
     garbage dump, marsh, mire, pandemonium, quagmire, septic tank,
     sewer, sink, sty, sump, swamp