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US
/ˈsəmp/
]
[ UK /sˈʌmp/ ]
[ UK /sˈʌmp/ ]
NOUN
- a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it
- an oil reservoir in an internal combustion engine
- a well or other hole in which water has collected
How To Use sump In A Sentence
- Neither of them sugar-coat the ups and down of working in the industry, but they will open your eyes a great deal about the false assumptions that you're making.
- Words are confusing, but they're nothing compared to non-words, mainly because non-words lead to rash assumptions and misunderstandings.
- Many of us are highly educated and your presumptions are most insulting.
- They can't say conclusively he's not alive, and the presumption is they must aggressively pursue every avenue of this case. Scott Speicher
- After such a long time in storage, all the oil will have drained to the sump.
- But proposed regulations may force people to take stock of their daily energy consumption and could make us think twice about our festive decor. Times, Sunday Times
- Ralphs et al. suggested no difference in locoweed consumption between native cattle and cattle introduced to locoweed under natural grazing conditions.
- The decrease in myocardial oxygen consumption was evidenced by a gradual decline in atrioventricular oxygen difference, indicating a decrease in myocardial oxygen uptake relative to supply.
- Japan had hoped that the resumption of talks in September would help the countries settle the issue and stave off mounting cries on both sides for further escalation.
- Definition: Consumption can be regarded as total expenditure by households on goods and services which yield utility in the current period.