SUMP meaning: Collection basin for unwanted liquids

We found 41 dictionaries that define the word sump:

General (26 matching dictionaries)

sump: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
sump: Merriam-Webster
sump: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
sump: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
sump: Collins English Dictionary
sump: Vocabulary.com
Sump, sump: Wordnik
sump: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
sump: Wiktionary
sump: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
sump: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
sump: Infoplease Dictionary
sump: Dictionary.com
sump: Online Etymology Dictionary
Sump (aquarium), Sump (cave), Sump: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Sump: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
sump: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
sump: Rhymezone
Sump: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
sump: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
sump: FreeDictionary.org
sump: Mnemonic Dictionary
sump: TheFreeDictionary.com
sump: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (1 matching dictionary)

sump-: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

Business (1 matching dictionary)

Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

sump: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)

online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)

SUMP: Acronym Finder

Science (1 matching dictionary)

Agate Lexicon (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)

sump: Urban Dictionary

Sports (2 matching dictionaries)

Internet Karting Glossary (No longer online)
CAVE AND KARST TERMINOLOGY (No longer online)

Tech (6 matching dictionaries)

AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
Roofing Terms (No longer online)
Glossary of Coal Mining Terms (No longer online)
Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)
Sump: Construction Glossary
Aquarium (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ noun:  A hollow or pit into which liquid drains, such as a cesspool, cesspit or sink.
▸ noun:  The lowest part of a mineshaft into which water drains.
▸ noun:  A completely flooded cave passage, sometimes passable by diving.
▸ noun:  (automotive) The crankcase or oil reservoir of an internal combustion engine.
▸ noun:  (nautical) The pit at the lowest point in a circulating or drainage system (FM 55-501).
▸ noun:  (construction) An intentional depression around a drain or scupper that promotes drainage.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) Of a cave passage, to end in a sump, or to fill completely with water on occasion.

Similar:

cesspool, cesspit, sink, sumph, sump pit, cess-pit, sesspool, cesspipe, sentine, fork, more...

Opposite:

summit, peak, apex, top

Types:

bilge, sewer, drain, manhole, cesspool, storm drain, catch basin, more...

Phrases:

sump pump, sump pumps, dry sump, sump oil, sump drain, more...

Adjectives:

dry, wet, small, large, central, main, deep, liquid, common, concrete, separate

Colors:

charcoal, graphite, pewter, gunmetal, smoke, more...