Cesspool
['sespuːl] or ['sɛs,pʊl]
Definition
(noun.) a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it.
Editor: Stanton--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A cistern in the course, or the termination, of a drain, to collect sedimentary or superfluous matter; a privy vault; any receptacle of filth.
Editor: Sharon
Definition
n. a pool or hollow in which filthy water collects.
Typed by Brooke
Examples
- Showing how drinking water can be contaminated from cesspool _(c)_ and wash water _(w)_. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Your plate was stowed away among the neighbouring cesspools, and evil communications corrupted its good polish in a day or two. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
Editor: Ronda