sump

Other forms of sump

plural

sumps·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about sump

What does sump mean?

sump means "an oil reservoir in an internal combustion engine". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sump?

sump has 1 syllable: sump. In IPA it is /ˈsʌmp/.

What is another word for sump?

Close synonyms include cesspool, cesspit, sink. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sump a common word?

sump is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.