English-French translations for sump

• puisard
• bassin
  Si aucune autre solution n'est proposée, les utilisateurs s'en débarrasseront dans les systèmes d'égouts et les bassins, qui se transformeront en fosses contenant des matériaux toxiques. If no other outlet is provided, users will dump it in drains and ponds. They will become sumps of noxious material.
• carter d'huile
• carter humide
• siphon

Definition of sump

• A hollow or pit into which liquid drains, such as a cesspool, cesspit or sink
• A completely flooded cave passage, sometimes passable by diving
• The pit at the lowest point in a circulating or drainage system (FM 55-501
• Of a cave passage, to end in a sump, or to fill completely with water on occasion

Examples

• We discovered a new passage, but it sumped after 100 metres.
• This low passage sumps quickly after moderate rainfall.

Related words

• assumption
• consumption
• resumption
• presumptuous
• presumption
• sumptuary
• sumptuous
• consumptive
• presumptuousness