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cess pool

cess pool is the alternative form of cesspool.

Meaning of cesspool

Noun

cesspool (plural cesspools)

  1. An underground pit where sewage is held.
    Synonyms:
    cesspit, gongpit
  2. (broadly, derogatory, figuratively) A filthy place.
    • Under such circumstances, I naturally gravitated to London, that great cesspool into which all the loungers and idlers of the Empire are irresistibly drained.1887, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “A Study in Scarlet”, in Beeton’s Christmas Annual, London; New York, N.Y.: Ward, Lock & Co., part I (Being a reprint from the reminiscences of John H. Watson, M.D., […])...
    Synonyms:
    cesspit

Forms of cess pool

pluralcess pools

Questions about cess pool

What is cess pool the alternative form of?
Cess pool is the alternative form of cesspool.

Words near cess pool in the dictionary

  1. cespitulose
  2. cesplumtantite
  3. cess
  4. cess path
  5. cess paths
  6. cess pool
  7. cess-pit
  8. cess-pits
  9. cessant
  10. cessation
  11. cessationism

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