sump pump

English

Noun

sump pump (plural sump pumps)

  1. A pump used for the removal of liquid from a sump or sump pit.
    • 2020 [2019 September 17], Edward Snowden, Permanent Record (autobiography; paperback), Pan Books, →ISBN, page 15:
      Basements tend to flood, and ours, certainly, was perennially damp, despite the constant workings of the dehumidifier and sump pump.
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