Sump

3 definitions found

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

  Sump \Sump\, n. [Cf. G. sumpf a sump in a mine, a swamp, akin to
     LG. sump, D. somp a swamp, Dan. & Sw. sump, and perhaps to E.
     swamp.]
     1. (Metal.) A round pit of stone, lined with clay, for
        receiving the metal on its first fusion. --Ray.
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     2. The cistern or reservoir made at the lowest point of a
        mine, from which is pumped the water which accumulates
        there.
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     3. A pond of water for salt works. --Knight.
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     4. A puddle or dirty pool. [Prov. Eng.]
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     {Sump fuse}, a fuse used in blasting under water.
  
     {Sump men} (Mining), the men who sink the sump in a mine.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sump
       n 1: an oil reservoir in an internal combustion engine
       2: a well or other hole in which water has collected
       3: a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it [syn:
           {cesspool}, {cesspit}, {sink}]

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

  96 Moby Thesaurus words for "sump":
     artificial lake, baygall, bayou lake, bog, bottom, bottomland,
     bottoms, buffalo wallow, cesspool, cistern, cloaca, cloaca maxima,
     dam, dead water, dike, drain, dump, etang, everglade, farm pond,
     fen, fenland, fishpond, freshwater lake, garbage dump,
     glacial lake, glade, gutter, headchute, hog wallow, holm,
     inland sea, kennel, lagoon, laguna, lake, lakelet,
     landlocked water, linn, loch, lough, marais, marish, marsh,
     marshland, meadow, mere, millpond, millpool, mire, moor, moorland,
     morass, moss, mud, mud flat, nyanza, oxbow lake, peat bog, piscina,
     plash, pond, pondlet, pool, puddle, quag, quagmire, quicksand,
     reservoir, salina, salt marsh, salt pond, scupper, septic tank,
     sewer, sink, slob land, slough, sluice, sough, stagnant water,
     standing water, still water, swale, swamp, swampland, taiga, tank,
     tarn, tidal pond, volcanic lake, wallow, wash, water hole,
     water pocket, well