'Sump' definitions:
Definition of 'sump'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Sump'
From: GCIDE
- 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 Webster]
- 2. The cistern or reservoir made at the lowest point of a mine, from which is pumped the water which accumulates there. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A pond of water for salt works. --Knight. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A puddle or dirty pool. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
- Sump fuse, a fuse used in blasting under water.
- Sump men (Mining), the men who sink the sump in a mine. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'sump'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- artificial lake,
- baygall,
- bayou lake,
- bog,
- bottom,
- bottomland,
- bottoms,
- buffalo wallow,
- cesspool,
- cistern,
- cloaca,
- cloaca maxima,
- dam,
- dead water,
- dike,
- drain,
- dump,
- etang,
- everglade,
- farm pond,
- fen,
- fenland,
- fishpond,
- freshwater lake,
- garbage dump,
- glacial lake,
- glade,
- gutter,
- headchute,
- hog wallow,
- holm,
- inland sea,
- kennel,
- lagoon,
- laguna,
- lake,
- lakelet,
- landlocked water,
- linn,
- loch,
- lough,
- marais,
- marish,
- marsh,
- marshland,
- meadow,
- mere,
- millpond,
- millpool,
- mire,
- moor,
- moorland,
- morass,
- moss,
- mud,
- mud flat,
- nyanza,
- oxbow lake,
- peat bog,
- piscina,
- plash,
- pond,
- pondlet,
- pool,
- puddle,
- quag,
- quagmire,
- quicksand,
- reservoir,
- salina,
- salt marsh,
- salt pond,
- scupper,
- septic tank,
- sewer,
- sink,
- slob land,
- slough,
- sluice,
- sough,
- stagnant water,
- standing water,
- still water,
- swale,
- swamp,
- swampland,
- taiga,
- tank,
- tarn,
- tidal pond,
- volcanic lake,
- wallow,
- wash,
- water hole,
- water pocket,
- well