sump pit
1sump pit — noun see sump I, 3d …
2sump pit — noun a hole dug in the ground beneath the basement of a house in which rainwater etc collects …
3Sump 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,… …
4sump pump — a pump for removing liquid or wastes from a sump. [1895 1900] * * * ▪ technology device that removes accumulations of water or other liquids from a sump pit, the lowest point in a drainage system. If the sump pit is wet only intermittently… …
5sump pump — noun a suction pump for removing liquid from a sump • Hypernyms: ↑suction pump * * * noun : a pump to remove accumulations of water or other liquid from a sump pit * * * a pump for removing liquid or wastes from a sump. [1895 1900] * * * sump… …
6sump pump — noun a pump used for the removal of liquid from a sump or sump pit …
7sump pump — noun Date: circa 1899 a pump (as in a basement) to remove accumulations of liquid (as water) from a sump pit …
8Sump — 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 …
9Sump fuse — 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… …
10Sump men — 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… …