sump : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: sump	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for sump
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sump n 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 Synonym(s): cesspool, cesspit, sink, sump
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. 2. The cistern or reservoir made at the lowest point of a mine, from which is pumped the water which accumulates there. 3. A pond of water for salt works. --Knight. 4. A puddle or dirty pool. [Prov. Eng.] {Sump fuse}, a fuse used in blasting under water. {Sump men} (Mining), the men who sink the sump in a mine.