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• There was a small trough that the sump pump emptied into; it was filled with mosquito larvae.From the entry trough
• The prison guard unlocked the door of the cell. After completing the repairs, he replaced the sump guard.From the entry guard
• In a dirty sump or in a marble tower on top of a high hill?1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, Penguin, published 2011, page 250. From the entry big sleep
• "Saying sorry" ends fraternal battles, soothes hysteria, puts a full-stop to that sump of baffled remorse into which children occasionally fall.1997 June 5, Thomas Sutcliffe, “'Saying sorry' ends fraternal battles, soothes hysteria, puts a full-stop to baffled remorse”, in The…. From the entry full-stop
• Your sump buster is a hunk of concrete or metal that teaches the unwitting driver or the outright scoff-law a good lesson.2026 March 24, Deborah Warren, Street Smarts: From Footpath to Freeway―A Miscellany, Paul Dry Books, →ISBN. From the entry sump buster
• The year before the pandemic, a sump tank attached to a waste pond sprang a leak and had to be grouted shut.December 15 2022, Samanth Subramanian, “Dismantling Sellafield: the epic task of shutting down a nuclear site”, in The Guardian. From the entry grout
• The Coast Guard Marine Safety Center modeled and analyzed the lube oil levels in the main engine sump in a static condition.2017 December 12, National Transportation Safety Board, “2.4.1 Loss of Propulsion”, in Marine Accident Report: Sinking of US Cargo Vessel…. From the entry vapor lock
• Dirty sump oil is pumped out along a waste oil pipe line to storage tanks by the boiler house, to be used as boiler fuel.1960 December, “New G.E. Line diesel loco maintenance depot at Stratford”, in Trains Illustrated, page 767. From the entry sump oil
• As a result a “busgate” with a “sumpbuster” was installed - a raised concrete platform intended to smash the sump of any cars that ignored the “no entry” sign.2025 October 10, Alan Smith, “Allington residents and motorists clash as Kent County Council and Croudace argue over ‘no entry’ signs 40cm…. From the entry sump buster
• All furnaces were built with two sumps, wells or forehearths in which the molten aluminum accumulated, one hearthful or about two metric tons at a time.1947, Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers, Volume 171. From the entry hearthful
• The tank is provided with external feed sumps with shut-off valves to enable the sieve contained in them to be removed and cleaned without the necessity for emptying the tank.1956 April, “"Merchant Navy" Class Pacific Modified”, in Railway Magazine, page 212. From the entry shut-off

Meaning of sump

1. noun A hollow or pit into which liquid drains, such as a cesspool, cesspit or sink.
2. noun The lowest part of a mineshaft into which water drains.
3. noun A completely flooded cave passage, sometimes passable by diving.

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How do you use sump in a sentence?

Sump is used as a noun and verb. For example: “We discovered a new passage, but it sumped after 100 metres.”

What is a short sentence with sump?

“This low passage sumps quickly after moderate rainfall.”

What does sump mean?

Sump means a hollow or pit into which liquid drains, such as a cesspool, cesspit or sink.