"Sump" Pronounce,Meaning And Examples

"Sump" Meaning

A depression in the ground that collects a flood of water when a sewer or other system is stopped up.

"Sump" Examples

Verb

The pool has a sump pump to remove any water that might accumulate in the basement.
The engineer suggested a sump tank to store the oil from the automobile before draining it.
The construction company installed a sump pit to collect wastewater from the building site.
the sewage system overflows, a sump will be made in the underground to hold the excess.
Melting snow can clog the sumps of the farming fields generating diverse mush.

Noun

1. The area where two aquifers meet is called a sump aquifer.
2. It publicised that the cauldron where gold and silver gold ornaments were being melted was used as a sump.
3. The location called Oxford Sump witnessed swimmers during an inline water race.
4. Tristan lace sewer having long geology diverts into a great sump.
5. The labyrinth responsible for maintaining oil in the machine cools the sump which creates hot air.

Idiomatic

1. We were sumping the street when a strong gust of wind came.
2. They talked about their goals with their pastor building a sump in faith.
3. The lab technician was about to sump in the example and tell us the meaning.
4. We were watering the plants in the mornings, but because it had rained at night, all the water has sumped into the plants and looked dark and wet.
5. Using drainage tiles under the swimming pool makes water sump faster.