sump

sump is a 4-letter English word with 7 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A round pit of stone, lined with clay, for receiving the metal on its first fusion. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 11 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A round pit of stone, lined with clay, for receiving the metal on its first fusion.
2. noun. The cistern or reservoir made at the lowest point of a mine, from which is pumped the water which accumulates there.
3. noun. A pond of water for salt works.
4. noun. A puddle or dirty pool.
5. noun. a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it

   Synonyms: cesspit, cesspool, sink

6. noun. a well or other hole in which water has collected
7. noun. an oil reservoir in an internal combustion engine

Synonyms

cesspit, cesspool, sink

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in sump:

umps

Common word forms

sumps, sumper, sumption

Words from these letters

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