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Cesspool - English meaning

Cesspool – definitions in English dictionary

noun

An underground container for the temporary storage of liquid waste and sewage.

Usage examples:

The appellant owns and uses two tractors for the purpose of his business of emptying cesspools and …
noun

A large, underground hole or container that is used for collecting and storing human waste and dirty water

Usage examples:

Fig. he described government there as a cesspool of corruption.

Cesspool translation into English

Cesspool: translate from English into Chinese

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污水池

Cesspool: translate from English into Dutch

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Beerput, Zinkput

Cesspool: translate from English into French

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Cloaque

Cesspool: translate from English into German

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Senkgrube, Jauchegrube, Kloake, Sumpf, Latrine

Cesspool: translate from English into Hindi

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नाबदान, संडास, कूड़े का गढ़ा, हौदी, हौज, नरदहा

Cesspool: translate from English into Italian

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Pozzo nero

Cesspool: translate from English into Korean

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불결한 장소, 오물 구덩이, 오수 구덩이

Cesspool: translate from English into Russian

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Выгребная яма, Сточный колодец

Cesspool: translate from English into Spanish

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Alcantarilla, Pozo

Word origin

late 17th century (denoting a trap under a drain to catch solids): probably an alteration, influenced by pool1, of archaic suspiral ‘vent, water pipe, settling tank’, from Old French souspira

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