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Definitions for Sump

[1] a pit, well, or the like in which water or other liquid is collected.
[2] Machinery . a chamber at the bottom of a machine, pump, circulation system, etc., into which a fluid drains before recirculation or in which wastes gather before disposal.
[3] Mining . a space where water is allowed to collect at the bottom of a shaft or below a passageway. a pilot shaft or tunnel pushed out in front of a main bore.
[4] British . crankcase.
[5] British Dialect . a swamp, bog, or muddy pool.
[6] a receptacle, such as the lower part of the crankcase of an internal-combustion engine, into which liquids, esp lubricants, can drain to form a reservoir
[7] another name for cesspool
[8] mining a depression at the bottom of a shaft where water collects before it is pumped away the front portion of a shaft or tunnel, ahead of the main bore
[9] British dialect a muddy pool or swamp

Words related to Sump

marshland, wetlands, lowland, sewer, cesspool, moss, fen, mire, quagmire, marsh, slough, quag, morass, peat, cesspit

Words nearby Sump

summon, summons, summum bonum, sumner, sumo, sump, sump drain, sump pump, sump syndrome, sumph, sumpsimus

Origin of Sump

1375–1425; late Middle English sompe < Middle Low German or Middle Dutch sump; cognate with German Sumpf; akin to swamp

Word origin for Sump

C17: from Middle Dutch somp marsh; see swamp

Synonyms for Sump

lowland, marshland, wetlands, fen, marsh, mire, morass, moss, peat, quag, quagmire, slough