sump
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /sʌmp/
sump (plural sumps)
- A hollow or pit into which liquid drains, such as a cesspool, cesspit or sink.
- The lowest part of a mineshaft into which water drains.
- A completely flooded cave passage, sometimes passable by diving.
- (automotive) The crankcase or oil reservoir of an internal combustion engine.
- (nautical) The pit at the lowest point in a circulating or drainage system (FM 55-501).
- (construction) An intentional depression around a drain or scupper that promotes drainage.
- German: Schachtsumpf
- Russian: зумпф
- French: siphon
- German: Ölsumpf
- Portuguese: cárter
- Spanish: cárter
- French: puisard
- French: puisard
sump (sumps, present participle sumping; past and past participle sumped)
- (intransitive) Of a cave passage, to end in a sump, or to fill completely with water on occasion.
- We discovered a new passage, but it sumped after 100 metres.
- This low passage sumps quickly after moderate rainfall.
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