sump tank en · NOUN
Meanings
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A tank containing the liquid removed by a drainage system.
The year before the pandemic, a sump tank attached to a waste pond sprang a leak and had to be grouted shut.
December 15 2022, Samanth Subramanian, “Dismantling Sellafield: the epic task of shutting down a nuclear site”, in The Guardian:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| sump tanks | Number=Plur | lexicographic |