cesspool
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7.7
- noun
- /ˈsɛsˌpuːl/
:
fosa séptica
- The inspectors discovered a neglected cesspool during their routine check of the property.
- tank and cesspool
- septic tank and cesspool
- cesspool system
They're basically huge, huge cesspools near industrial cattle and hog operations.
- They're basically huge, huge cesspools near industrial cattle and hog operations.
Examples
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The old house had a hidden cesspool that was leaking into the garden.
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The concentrated reek in the cesspool was an entirely different matter.
Fiction book (1993) -
On the fourth day, he was thrown into a cesspool outside the city.
Fiction book (1999) -
I'd rather be a field hand than live in this cesspool.
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We pump out the cesspools. I thought it all went in the sewers.
Fiction book (2002) -
Our city is a cesspool of humanity, a place of deceit, plots, and vice of every imaginable kind.
Academic text (2012) -
They're basically huge, huge cesspools near industrial cattle and hog operations.
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EHO Alan Hardwick provided me with a history of septic tank and cesspool systems used in Calderdale.
Academic text (1994) -
The stench was horrendous: the foulest of pigsties; an open cesspool of reeking excrement.
Fiction book (1997) -
Due to the heavy rainfall, the cesspool overflowed and caused a foul smell in the neighborhood.
Synonyms
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4.3
An underground tank where bacteria break down sewage and solids before they drain away
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8.6
A covered tank under the ground that holds dirty water and waste from toilets
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8.2
A pit that holds water or dirty water so it can be pumped away
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Cesspool comes from two parts: cess, an old word for 'filth' or 'waste', and pool, meaning 'a small body of water'. So a cesspool is literally a 'pool' where waste collects, which explains its modern meaning as an underground pit for sewage.