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Definition: Sump |
SumpNoun1. An oil reservoir in an internal combustion engine. 2. A well or other hole in which water has collected. 3. A covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "sump" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1748. (references) |
Etymology: Sump \Sump\, noun. [Compare to German sumpf sump in mine, swamp, akin to Low German sump, Dutch somp swamp, Danish Swedish sump, and perhaps to English swamp.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Mechanical Engineering | That part of a reciprocating compressor in which the crankshaft is housed. Source: European Union. (references) |
Building | A pit in the basement in which water collects to be pumped out with a sump pump. (references) |
Building & Civil Engineering | Pits or excavation placed for draining surface water and absorbing it into the subsoil. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A pit constructed in a drainage system, e. g. at the head of a culvert, to intercept waterborne solids-e. g. stones, silt, vegetable debris-and so prevent blockage. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| A tank or pit that receives drainage and stores it temporarily, and from which the drainage is pumped or ejected. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Environment | A pit or tank that catches liquid runoff for drainage or disposal. (references) |
Mechanical Engineering | Usually formed of pressed steel, it provides a sump or reservoir for the engine lubricating oil; it is attached to the underside of the cylinder block. Source: European Union. (references) |
| Low region of fluid system where liquid tends to collect by gravity. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Military | A hole to collect run-off. (references) |
Mining | Lodgement level:a room driven from a level a short distance to the dip and used for storage of water; standage:reservoir or storage capacity, said of water and of mine cars; a lodge. Source: European Union. (references) |
| That portion of the shaft below the normal winding level which is used for the collection of water for pumping. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| A. An excavation made underground to collect water, from which it is pumped to the surface or to another sump nearer the surface. Sumps are placed at the bottom of a shaft, near the shaft on a level, or at some interior point b. An excavation smaller than and ahead of the regular work in driving a mine tunnel or sinking a mine shaft c. A hole sunk in a drift to a depth of 2 to 3 yd (1.8 to 2.7 m) d. To undercut coal preliminary to placing a shortwall machine in position for cutting along the working face. Sometimes called a sumping cut. e. To test the load in depth f. See:cut g. To drill diagonally h. See:jib in i. A pit or basin in which the returns from a borehole are collected and stored and in which the cuttings settle before recirculating the cuttings-free drilling fluid. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: SumpSynonyms: cesspit (n), cesspool (n), sink (n). (additional references) |
| Synonyms by domain: standage (mining). |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Marsh | Noun: marsh, swamp, morass, marish, moss, fen, bog, quagmire, slough, sump, wash; mud, squash, slush; baygall, cienaga, jhil, vlei. |
Uncleanness | 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. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Sump |
| English words defined with "sump": Sump men, sump pump. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "sump": balance rope, bate barrel, boring-machine-operator helper ♦ catch pit, CELL CLEANER, claypit, concrete plug, CONTINUOUS-MINING-MACHINE OPERATOR ♦ dewatering elevator, ditch drain, doubly contained, downspouts, drag tank ♦ frit burner, FRIT-MIXER-AND-BURNER ♦ gravel pumping ♦ HORIZONTAL-EARTH-BORING-MACHINE-OPERATOR HELPER ♦ ICE MAKER, SKATING RINK, instrumentalities of mining ♦ little winds, lodgment level ♦ magnetic level coil, main drive, MONITOR CAR OPERATOR ♦ permanent pump, pit quarry ♦ rope guide ♦ SCRAP HANDLER, self-priming centrifugal pump, SEWAGE-DISPOSAL WORKER, slush pit, sump shaft ♦ water chamber. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Sump" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Manx (sump), Swedish (corf, grounds, Marsh, swamp). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | In a dirty sump or in a marble tower on the top of a high hill? (The Big Sleep; writing credit: Raymond Chandler; Michael Winner) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Burning off Sump Pit at Trading Bay, Cook Inlet. Credit: Alaska Historical Image Library. |
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| Play | Caption |
 | Sump pump. |
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| "Sump" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.25% of the time. "Sump" is used about 57 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 98.25% | 56 | 45,296 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.75% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 57 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "sump" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Sump | Last name | 130 | 59,890 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "sump": inlet sump ♦ oil sump ♦ sump fuse ♦ sump men ♦ sump oil ♦ sump pit ♦ sump pump. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "sump"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | vaj i karterit, ulluk shkarkimi (shoot), rezervuar (barrel, bulb, cistern, reservoir, tank), pompë thithjeje, pellg (cesspool, dam, lake, mere, mill-dam, pond, pool, puddle), karter, gropë (cave, cavity, dint, dugout, excavation, hole, hollow, pocket, sink, socket, trough). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مستنقع (bog, fen, marsh, marshland, mire, moor, morass, moss, ooze, patch, pond, quag, quagmire, slew, slough, swamp), علبة المرافق, الحوض المجمع, بالوعة (cesspit, cloaca, sink), بئر المرحاض. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | канал за нечистотии, калник (dashboard, fender, mud box, mudguard, splash-board, splasher, wing), клоака (cloaca, sewer, sink, sink hole), водосборна яма, водоочистителна инсталация, маслено корито, зумпф. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 废油坑. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | mazací skříò, jímka (catchment), žumpa (cesspit, cesspool, sink). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | stenfælde (catch basin, catchpit, drop shaft, grit trap, inlet sump, mud trap, sump pit), slamkiste, slamkasse, sandfang (catch basin, catchpit, drop shaft, grit trap, inlet sump, mud trap, riffler, sandtable, sump pit), samlebrønd (collector, intercepting sewer, interceptor, recharging basin, soakaway, trunk sewer), pumpesump (lodge, lodgement level, pump hole, pump pit, pump sump, pump well, standage, water lodge), pumpeniveau (lodge, lodgement level, standage, water lodge), oliesump (crankcase lower half, oil pan, oil stamp, oil sump), kutter (cutter), krumtaphus (casing, crank chamber, crankcase, gear case, safety guard), kile (chock, cleat, cotter, cut, feather, integral key, key, peg, quoin, shim, shim piece, speed-change lane, spline, taper, wedge), bundkar (crankcase lower half, oil pan, oil stamp, oil sump), beholdersump (tank floor outlet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | zinkput (sewer), zakput (recharging basin, soakaway), watergalerij (lodge, lodgement level, standage, water lodge), pompkoker (pump hole, pump pit, pump sump, pump well), opvangbak (catch basin, catchpit, drop shaft, grit trap, inlet sump, mud trap, sump pit), omhulsel (capsule, casing, crank chamber, crankcase, enclosure, envelope, envelopes, gear case, safety guard, sheath, straw envelopes(for bottles)), oliepan (crankcase lower half, oil pan, oil stamp, oil sump), oliekarter, oliecarter (crankcase lower half, oil pan, oil stamp, oil sump), krukkast (casing, crank chamber, crankcase, gear case, safety guard), krukhuis (casing, crank chamber, crankcase, gear case, safety guard), kast (cabinet, closet, cupboard, sideboard), carter (casing, crank chamber, crankcase, gear case, safety guard), afvalbekken (catch basin, catchpit, drop shaft, grit trap, inlet sump, mud trap, sump pit), aftapkraantje (tank floor outlet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | مخزن (Bomb, Cache, Depository, Fountain, Magazine, Repertory, Repository, Reservoir, Stank, Storage, Store, Storehouse, Tank, Thesaurus, Warehouse), چاه یاانبارفاضل اب , لجن وکثافت , استخراب کثیف . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kampikammio (casing, crank chamber, crankcase, gear case, safety guard). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | puisard (inlet sump, sump pit). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Sumpf (bog, cesspool, marsh, mire, morass, mud, puddle, quagmire, Slough, swamp, swampland), Sammelbehälter (accumulation bin, sumps). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κάρτερ αυτοκίνητου, κάρτερ (casing, crank chamber, crankcase, crankcase lower half, gear case, oil pan, oil stamp, oil sump, safety guard), κάτω μισό στροφαλοθαλάμου (crankcase lower half, oil pan, oil stamp, oil sump), συλλέκτης λάσπης, βόθροσ (cesspit, sink), προστατευτικό περίβλημα (calotte, casing, containment, containment building, crank chamber, crankcase, gear case, protective dome, safety guard), προφυλακτήρας ασφαλείας (casing, crank chamber, crankcase, gear case, safety guard), φρεάτια στράγγισης αντλιών (pump hole, pump pit, pump sump, pump well), φρεάτιο άντλησης (recharging basin, soakaway), φρεάτιο δοχείου (tank floor outlet), ελαιολεκάνη (crankcase lower half, oil pan, oil stamp, oil sump), λάκκοσ (cesspool, dugout, fossa, pit, puddle), λασποπαγίδα (catch basin, catchpit, drop shaft, grit trap, inlet sump, mud trap, sump pit), δεξαμενή αποστράγγισης, δεξαμενή (cistern, dam, reservoir, tank, vat). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | עוק" (cavity, pit, trap, well), א'ן "שמן. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | tócsa (plash, pool, puddle, Pule, slop). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | coppa dell'olio, carter (casing, crank chamber, crankcase, gear case, safety guard). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | スンプ法 (canvas, cloth, courgette, screen, sump method, thud, trousers, zoom, zoom in, zoom lens, zooming, zoot suit, zucchini). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | スンプほう (sump method). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 집수. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | sump. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | umpsay reservatório (cistern, coalburner, flash, pond, vessel, water-craft), poço de infiltração (recharging basin, soakaway), poço coletor, fossa sanitária, fossa de retenção para sólidos (catch basin, catchpit, drop shaft, grit trap, inlet sump, mud trap, sump pit), escoadouro do depósito (tank floor outlet), coletor de óleo, carter inferior (crankcase lower half, oil pan, oil stamp, oil sump), carter (casing, crank chamber, crankcase, gear case, safety guard), cadinho (melting-pot, pan), cárter de despejo, cárter (crank case). (various references) колодец (draw well, fountain, well), грязевик (mud box), выгребная яма (cesspit, cesspool, sink), отстойник (settler, sinker), нижний картер, маслосборник (dripping pan, oil well), зумф, поддон картера, поддон двигателя. (various references) rezervoar za ulje u autu, dno okna, deo visoke peći. (various references) cárter (banjo). (various references) avloppsbrunn (cesspit, cesspool, sink). (various references) yağ karteli, maden ocağı su kuyusu, lağım çukuru (cesspit, cesspool, sink), kazıya başlamadan önce kazılan tünel. (various references) смітник (dump, kitchen-maiden, raffle, scrap heap, scrapyard), грязевідстійник, болото (back water, bog, mire, morass, ooze, quag, quagmire, slew, slue, swamp, wash). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "sump": sumps, sumpter, sumpters, sumptuary, sumptuous, sumptuously, sumptuousness, sumptuousnesses, sumpweed, sumpweeds. (additional references) | |
Words containing "sump": assumpsit, assumpsits, assumption, assumptions, assumptive, consumption, consumptions, consumptive, consumptively, consumptives, misassumption, misassumptions, nonconsumption, nonconsumptions, nonconsumptive, overconsumption, overconsumptions, presumption, presumptions, presumptive, presumptively, presumptuous, presumptuously, presumptuousness, presumptuousnesses, reassumption, reassumptions, resumption, resumptions, subsumption, subsumptions. (additional references) | |
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"Sump" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: sapm, sbm, scump, sgm, simp, smep, smmap, smpg, snmp, somp, ssm, su, subp, suep, sulp, suma, sumb, Sumbu, sume, sumi, summ, sumpf, sumpy, sumr, sumt, sumu, sumy, sunip, suo, surp, symp, symph, usm, Usmc, wump, zimp, zumo. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "sump" (pronounced su"mp) |
| 3 | -u" m p | bump, chump, clump, Crump, dump, frump, grump, hump, jump, lump, plump, pump, rump, slump, stump, thump, trump. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: umps. | |
| Words within the letters "m-p-s-u" | |
-1 letter: mus, pus, sum, sup, ump, ups. | |
-2 letters: mu, um, up, us. | |
| Words containing the letters "m-p-s-u" | |
+1 letter: bumps, dumps, humps, jumps, lumps, mumps, plums, pumas, pumps, rumps, slump, spume, spumy, stump, sumps, tumps. | |
+2 letters: ampuls, bumphs, campus, chumps, clumps, crumps, flumps, frumps, grumps, gypsum, humphs, mixups, opiums, plumbs, plumes, plumps, possum, primus, purism, rumpus, septum, shlump, slumps, spumed, spumes, sputum, stumps, stumpy, thumps, trumps, upmost, wampus, whumps. | |
+3 letters: ampules, bumpers, cuprums, dumpers, dumpish, gazumps, grampus, guimpes, gypsums, impetus, impious, impugns, impulse, imputes, jumpers, lumpens, lumpers, lumpish, makeups, markups, metumps, mockups, mudcaps, mumpers, muspike, opossum, pablums, peplums, plenums, plumose, pneumas, podiums, pompous, possums, presume, pumelos, pumices, pummels, pumpers, purisms, repumps, rumples, schlump, septums, shlumps, shlumpy, slumped, smashup, spumier, spuming, spumone, spumoni, spumous, stumped, stumper, sumpter, sunlamp, supreme, supremo, umpires, uptimes, utopism, wampums, warmups. | |
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