drain sump

  • 1Sump pump — A sump pump is a pump used to remove water that has accumulated in a sump pit. A sump pit, commonly found in the home basement, is simply a hole to collect water. The water may enter via the perimeter drains of a basement waterproofing system,… …

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  • 2Drain-waste-vent system — DWV redirects here. For other uses, see Deformed wing virus. Detail of soil stack, which is connected to the sewer and vented at the top. In modern plumbing, a drain waste vent (or DWV) is part of a system that removes sewage and greywater from a …

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  • 3drain plug — Usually a threaded plug at the lowest point of the sump, gearbox, cooling system, etc., which is removed in order to drain the oil or coolant, and typically has a recessed hexagon head. Also see magnetic drain plug oil drain plug oil pan drain… …

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  • 4drain — 1. To remove fluid from a cavity as it forms, e.g., to d. an abscess. 2. A device, usually in the shape of a tube or wick, for removing fluid as it collects in a cavity, especially a wound cavity. [A. S. drehnian, to draw off] cigarette d. a wick …

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  • 5drain — Synonyms and related words: abate, ablate, ablation, abrade, abridge, absorb, absorption, abstract, abuse, achromatize, acquire, air dry, anhydrate, assimilate, assimilation, attrition, bake, bankrupt, bate, bereave, blackmail, blanch, bleach,… …

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  • 6sump-Penrose drain — a triple lumen drain formed by placing a double lumen tube within a Penrose drain …

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  • 7sump — noun Etymology: Middle English sompe swamp more at swamp Date: 1653 1. a pit or reservoir serving as a drain or receptacle for liquids: as a. cesspool b. a pit at the lowest point in a circulating or drainage system (as the oil circulating system …

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  • 8sump drain — noun see sump I, 6 …

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  • 9sump drain — a double lumen drain that allows air to enter the drained area through the smaller lumen and displace fluid into the larger lumen …

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  • 10sump drain plug — See oil pan drain plug …

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