sump

Meaning of sump

noun
  1. A hollow or pit into which liquid drains, such as a cesspool, cesspit or sink.
  2. The lowest part of a mineshaft into which water drains.
  3. A completely flooded cave passage, sometimes passable by diving.
  4. The crankcase or oil reservoir of an internal combustion engine.
  5. The pit at the lowest point in a circulating or drainage system (FM 55-501).
  6. An intentional depression around a drain or scupper that promotes drainage.
verb
  1. Of a cave passage, to end in a sump, or to fill completely with water on occasion.
    This low passage sumps quickly after moderate rainfall.

Information about sump

  • The plural form of sump is: sumps.
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Hyphenation of sump

sump

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
  • sump is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

sump synonyms

Meaning cesspool:

cesspool, cesspit, sink

Anagrams of sump

umps

Words that rhyme with sump

No rhymes for sump found