The sump was full of water and the basement started to flood.
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Sump
//sʌmp//
Synonyms for "sump" (101 found)
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31 translations across 10 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- водосборна яма noun (lowest part of a mineshaft)
- канал noun (hollow or pit)
- картер noun (crankcase)
Czech
3 entries- hluboká jeskyně noun (completely flooded cave passage)
- čerpací jímka noun (lowest part of a mineshaft)
- zaplavit se verb (to end in a sump)
Finnish
4 entries- kaivo noun (hollow or pit)
- vesikuoppa noun (hollow or pit)
- öljysumppu noun (crankcase)
- öljysäiliö noun (crankcase)
French
4 entries- bassin noun (hollow or pit)
- carter d'huile noun (crankcase)
- carter humide noun (crankcase)
- fosse d'aisances noun (hollow or pit)
German
4 entries- Grube noun (hollow or pit)
- Schachtsumpf noun (lowest part of a mineshaft)
- Sumpf noun (hollow or pit)
- Ölsumpf noun (crankcase)
Polish
2 entries- rząp noun (lowest part of a mineshaft)
- syfon noun (completely flooded cave passage)
Portuguese
1 entries- cárter noun (crankcase)
Russian
1 entries- зумпф noun (lowest part of a mineshaft)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- karter ulja noun (crankcase)
Spanish
1 entries- cárter noun (crankcase)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
In the basement, a sump pump system was installed to collect and remove excess water, preventing floods.
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then, seating himself thus, he replied to him of the east.—'Sounding sump o' rain Saunders Creeshmeloof—saw ye ever a drap o' rain for eight and forty hours after the bonnie sinking sun that sat sae red and sae lang on the summit of Blackwood hills this blessed afternoon? That starry plow o' thine is […]'
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"Me and the lads did it this morn." "It was pouring!" Brody said. "If I was tae stop an activity because of a sump o' rain, I'd never get anythin' done," Finn remarked with a twinkle in his eye.
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