sump
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8.2
- noun
- /sʌmp/
- Specialized
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- The contractor installed a sump in the backyard to manage the drainage from heavy rains.
- sump pump
And in New England, everyone, it's notorious that you have a sump pump in your basement.
- And in New England, everyone, it's notorious that you have a sump pump in your basement.
Examples
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The HVAC guy got the sump pump working and got most of the water out.
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We pump water from the sump through a recirculation system both on a high and low pressure that would inject the water back into the core.
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And there is a sump pump under there and an emergency exit that comes out there.
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Applications include sump drainage, flood control, and process drainage.
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You can also use the sump pump for quick draining.
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And so for the past month, I've had black water pump out from my sump pump down the front of my driveway.
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We could smell raw sewage and petroleum as our sump pump worked to keep it out of the basement.
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The scientists take samples from the sump weekly to monitor water quality and check levels of wasted nutrients and pesticides.
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Excess water drains away from potted plants through a pipe into a buried sump.
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Inside the sump are small versions of "tipping bucket" rain gauges long used on farm fields to monitor water runoff.
Academic text (2006)
Synonyms
230
3.6
A large hole in the ground used for mining
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3.1
An area of land where water collects and flows into a river, lake, or sea
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7.7
An underground pit or tank that holds sewage and dirty water from a house
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8.6
A covered tank under the ground that holds dirty water and waste from toilets
Compounds
How Specialized
Surface Forms
Etymology
Sump originally meant a low 'pit' where water collects, so imagine rain filling a hollow in the ground. That's why a basement or drainage sump is the pit or tank that holds water or sewage until it is pumped out.