sump tank

noun

A tank containing the liquid removed by a drainage system.

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Meanings

nounsump tank (plural sump tanks)

plural sump tanks

  1. 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
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APA

sump tank. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sump%20tank

MLA

“sump tank.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sump%20tank. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sump tank,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sump%20tank.

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