sump

noun

ˈsəmp

: a pit or reservoir serving as a drain or receptacle for liquids: such as

: cesspool

: a pit at the lowest point in a circulating or drainage system (such as the oil-circulating system of an internal combustion engine)

chiefly British : oil pan

British : crankcase

[German Sumpf, literally, marsh, from Middle High German — more at swamp]

: the lowest part of a mine shaft into which water drains

: an excavation ahead of regular work in driving a mine tunnel or sinking a mine shaft

: something resembling a sump : sink sense 2

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Samples taken from sump, soil and floor drains around the building revealed a mix of the hazardous chemicals that were stored inside, including waste oil, arsenic, copper, lead and cadmium, along with the two herbicides that make up Agent Orange. —

Gabe Stern, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2024 And the puzzling question is why the once-formidable California GOP keeps following this unstable character into a sump. —

George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2024 To help cope with the additional output of nearly 200 hp routed to larger tire-contact patches, Chevy significantly revised the transaxle with an additional clutch disc, a deeper hydraulic oil sump, internal baffles, beefed-up output shafts and a higher 5.56 final drive ratio. —

Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report, 4 Oct. 2022 The Corvette gets a dry sump oiling system that's better for the track, while the ZL1 uses a tried and true wet sump design. —

Fox News Staff, Fox News, 3 July 2022 See all Example Sentences for sump