sump

1. n. A round pit of stone, lined with clay, for receiving the metal on its first fusion. Source: opted

2. n. The cistern or reservoir made at the lowest point of a mine, from which is pumped the water which accumulates there. Source: opted

3. n. A pond of water for salt works. Source: opted

4. n. A puddle or dirty pool. Source: opted

5. n. an oil reservoir in an internal combustion engine Source: wordnet

6. n. a well or other hole in which water has collected Source: wordnet

7. n. a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it Source: wordnet

8. 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. Source: webster

9. A round pit of stone, lined with clay, for receiving the metalon its first fusion. Ray. Source: adambom

10. n:100 n. an oil reservoir in an internal combustion engine n. a well or other hole in which water has collected Source: ecdict

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