English-Spanish translations for sump

• cárter

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