Found 2 items, similar to sump.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: sump sump n 1: an oil reservoir in an internal combustion engine 2: a well or other hole in which water has collected 3: a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it [syn: cesspool, cesspit, sink]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Sump Sump \Sump\, n. [Cf. G. sumpf a sump in a mine, a swamp, akin to LG. sump, D. somp a swamp, Dan. & Sw. sump, and perhaps to E. swamp.] 1. (Metal.) A round pit of stone, lined with clay, for receiving the metal on its first fusion. --Ray. [1913 Webster] 2. The cistern or reservoir made at the lowest point of a mine, from which is pumped the water which accumulates there. [1913 Webster] 3. A pond of water for salt works. --Knight. [1913 Webster] 4. A puddle or dirty pool. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] Sump fuse, a fuse used in blasting under water. Sump men (Mining), the men who sink the sump in a mine. [1913 Webster]