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Sump   Listen
noun
Sump  n.  
1.
(Metal.) A round pit of stone, lined with clay, for receiving the metal on its first fusion.
2.
The cistern or reservoir made at the lowest point of a mine, from which is pumped the water which accumulates there.
3.
A pond of water for salt works.
4.
A puddle or dirty pool. (Prov. Eng.)
Sump fuse, a fuse used in blasting under water.
Sump men (Mining), the men who sink the sump in a mine.





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Words linked to "Sump" :   well, sink, sump pump, reservoir, cesspool, cesspit, cistern


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