sump
/sʌmp/
US pronunciation
American sound/sʌmp/
sump
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Stress
- One strong syllable
- Vowel
- Short u vowel
- Ending
- Clear final sound
US voice -> sump
Myanmar meaning
Full entry
၁။ (ကားအင်ဂျင်၏)ဆီခံခွက်။
၂။ ရေပုပ်သိုကျင်း။
More examples
- ‘At the bottom a stream runs along the floor and into the foam topped sump.’
- ‘The same water after filtration, can be directed to flow into a recharge well or the underground sump.’
- ‘The worst contamination was in the sump where leachate from the 230-acre site gathers before it is pumped back to the top of the tip, a council spokesman said.’
- ‘Natural light seeps through to every sump, and it is magical to drift through the maze of stalactites studded with reflective crystals, the light dancing in the beams of our torches.’
- ‘Back then there were not many cave divers active in the Yorkshire Dales and most sumps were virtually unexplored.’
- ‘For years, I'd been rather paranoid about water, avoiding sumps and ducks as much as possible.’
- ‘On that basis I had decided when I started caving that the ‘reckless’ practice undertaken by cavers of free-diving sumps was not for me.’
- ‘Limited excavations have opened up gutters and a sump pool used to drain the caverns of groundwater.’
- ‘Besides providing a depository for the neighbouring heavy metals refinery, Bleak Pond forms a natural sump for the surrounding agricultural land, so harbours little aquatic life.’
- ‘Often, when a house with a basement has a sump pump to remove unwanted water, the sump can be capped so that it can continue to drain water and serve as the location for a radon suction pipe.’
- ‘Putting these pipes in a covered lined trench with a high level alarm, protected collection sump, is the only way of being sure of not causing off-site contamination.’
- ‘The firm also claimed that each skip had four drainage holes to allow waste liquid to drain into a sump.’
- ‘Rain seeping through the ground into your basement or crawl space may appear as damp, moldy walls or may be handled by a sump pump.’
- ‘All the leachate drains by gravity from the leachate collection layer to a sump, from which it is pumped out of the landfill for treatment and disposal.’
- ‘The climb lands in a pool, from which the water flows off left and down a steep shaft for 10m to a little sump.’
- ‘The character of the cave changes, and from here to the sump, the stream flows in a large tunnel.’
- ‘Seepage of groundwater into the shaft from the shaft penetrations is currently collected by a system of gravity feed lines into sumps and tanks at mine level and subsequently pumped to the ground surface for disposal.’
- ‘The third day, we ascended to 14, 000-foot Mawenzi Tarn, a mucky natural sump nestled against the jagged brown peak of Mawenzi itself.’
- ‘On surfacing in the lake at the far end I didn't quite make it out of the water and sank back down to the bottom of the sump.’
- ‘Provision has also been made for changing rooms and for a plant room for the swimming pool, a wrap-around deck, new entrance gates, a biocycle waste unit and a sump to accommodate the swimming pool overflow.’
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