sump
noun
1 sump
An oil reservoir in an internal combustion engine.
Roget 345:
marsh,
swamp,
morass,
marish†,
moss,
fen,
bog,
quagmire,
slough,
sump,
wash;
mud,
squash,
slush;
baygall [U.S.],
cienaga†,
jhil†,
vlei†.
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Polish: miska olejowa
2 sump
A well or other hole in which water has collected.
3 sump
A covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it.
synonyms: cesspit, cesspool, sink.
Roget 653:
uncleanness
etc.
adj.;
impurity;
immundity†,
immundicity†;
impurity
etc.
961
[of mind].
defilement,
contamination
etc.
v.;
defoedation†;
soilure†,
soiliness†;
abomination;
leaven;
taint,
tainture†;
fetor
etc.
401†.
decay;
putrescence,
putrefaction;
corruption;
mold,
must,
mildew,
dry rot,
mucor,
rubigo†.
slovenry†;
slovenliness
etc.
adj.;
squalor.
dowdy,
drab,
slut,
malkin†,
slattern,
sloven,
slammerkin†,
slammock†,
slummock†,
scrub,
draggle-tail,
mudlark†,
dust-man,
sweep;
beast.
dirt,
filth,
soil,
slop;
dust,
cobweb,
flue;
smoke,
soot,
smudge,
smut,
grit,
grime,
raff†;
sossle†,
sozzle†.
sordes†,
dregs,
grounds,
lees;
argol†;
sediment,
settlement heeltap†;
dross,
drossiness†;
mother†,
precipitate,
scoriae,
ashes,
cinders.
recrement†,
slag;
scum,
froth.
hogwash;
ditchwater†,
dishwater,
bilgewater†;
rinsings,
cheeseparings;
sweepings
etc.
(useless refuse)
645;
offscourings†,
outscourings†;
off scum;
caput mortuum [Lat.],
residuum,
sprue,
fecula [Lat.],
clinker,
draff†;
scurf,
scurfiness†;
exuviae [Lat.],
morphea;
fur,
furfur†;
dandruff,
tartar.
riffraff;
vermin,
louse,
flea,
bug,
chinch†.
mud,
mire,
quagmire,
alluvium,
silt,
sludge,
slime,
slush,
slosh,
sposh [U.S.].
spawn,
offal,
gurry [U.S.];
lientery†;
garbage,
carrion;
excreta
etc.
299;
slough,
peccant humor,
pus,
matter,
suppuration,
lienteria†;
faeces,
feces,
excrement,
ordure,
dung,
crap [Vulg.],
shit [Vulg.];
sewage,
sewerage;
muck;
coprolite;
guano,
manure,
compost.
dunghill,
colluvies†,
mixen†,
midden,
bog,
laystall†,
sink,
privy,
jakes;
toilet,
john,
head;
cess†,
cesspool;
sump,
sough,
cloaca,
latrines,
drain,
sewer,
common sewer;
Cloacina;
dust hole.
sty,
pigsty,
lair,
den,
Augean stable†,
sink of corruption;
slum,
rookery.
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Dutch: afvalput, beerput, kiepelton, kolk, rioolput, wastafel
Polish: kloaka, dół gnilny, szambo
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 ... show more.
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