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sump tank

sump tank noun: a tank containing the liquid removed by a drainage system.

Noun

sump tank (plural sump tanks)

  1. A tank containing the liquid removed by a drainage system.
    • 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

Forms of sump tank

pluralsump tanks

Questions about sump tank

What does sump tank mean?
Sump tank means a tank containing the liquid removed by a drainage system.
What part of speech is sump tank?
Sump tank is a noun.
What is the plural of sump tank?
The plural of sump tank is sump tanks.

Words near sump tank in the dictionary

  1. sump oil
  2. sump pit
  3. sump pits
  4. sump pump
  5. sump pumps
  6. sump tank
  7. sump tanks
  8. sump up
  9. sumpah
  10. sumped
  11. sumph

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