sump
pronunciation
How to pronounce sump in British English:
UK [sʌmp]
How to pronounce sump in American English:
US [sʌmp]
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- Noun:
- an oil reservoir in an internal combustion engine
- a well or other hole in which water has collected
- a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it
Word Origin
- sump (n.)
- mid-15c., "marsh, morass" (from mid-13c. in place names), from Middle Dutch somp or Middle Low German sump, from Proto-Germanic *sumpaz, from PIE *swombho- "spongy." Meaning "pit to collect water" is first found 1650s. Sump-pump (1884) originally was in mining.
Example
- 1. What is the most common reason for sump pump failure ?
- 2. Sure wish we was over at the sump right now .
- 3. The sand is cleared from the sump .
- 4. The volume of sump is subject to actual drainage . Construction interference reduction shall be considered during positioning .
- 5. A more manageable approach , in the right circumstances , is to install an isolated sump pit with several feet of gravel around it .