sump
English
/sʌmp/
noun
Definitions
- A hollow or pit into which liquid drains, such as a cesspool, cesspit or sink.
- The lowest part of a mineshaft into which water drains.
- A completely flooded cave passage, sometimes passable by diving.
- (automotive) The crankcase or oil reservoir of an internal combustion engine.
- (nautical) The pit at the lowest point in a circulating or drainage system (FM 55-501).
- (construction) An intentional depression around a drain or scupper that promotes drainage.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English sompe (morass, marsh) derived from Middle Dutch somp derived from Middle Low German sump (marsh, swamp) derived from Proto-Germanic *sumpaz.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*sumpaz
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- sumpless English
- sumplike English
- sumpman English
- sumpweed English
- sumpy English
- weed English
- Sumpf German
- zomp Dutch, Flemish
- sump Norwegian Bokmål
- *sumpaz Proto-Germanic
- sump Swedish
- sump Norwegian Nynorsk
- swamm Old English
- sompe Middle English
- somp Middle Dutch
- sump Middle Low German
- *sump Old Saxon
- Sump Low German