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English-Spanish architecture and construction dictionary > cesspool
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s.1 sumidero, pozo de letrina, hoyo cubierto para recibir las inmundicias de un edificio.2 pozo negro, séptico, o ciego.3 antro de perdición. -
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(the part of a motor-engine that contains the oil.) cárter de aceiten.• sumidero s.m.sʌmpa) ( for oil) (esp BrE) cárter mb) ( Min) sumidero mc) ( cesspit) pozo m negro or séptico[sʌmp]N (Aut) cárter m ; (Min) sumidero m ; (=cesspool) letrina f* * *[sʌmp]a) ( for oil) (esp BrE) cárter mb) ( Min) sumidero mc) ( cesspit) pozo m negro or séptico -
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pozo sustantivo masculino pozo ciego or negro or séptico septic tank, cesspool, cesspit;
pozo sustantivo masculino
1 well
pozo negro, cesspit
pozo de petróleo, oil well
2 (de una mina) shaft, pit ' pozo' also found in these entries: Spanish: gozo - perforar - perforación - perforado - agrandar - aljibe - cavar - profundidad - profundo - secar - torre English: bottomless - cesspit - deepen - fall - manhole - oil well - run - shaft - shallow - sink - well - jack - man - oil -
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s.1 cárter (automóviles)2 pozo negro (cesspool)3 letrina, excusado de uso público.4 colector de aceite, cárter, sumidero de aceite.5 arqueta de paso.6 sumidero del depósito.
См. также в других словарях:
Cesspool — Cess pool ( p[=oo]l ), n. [See {Sesspol}.] A cistern in the course, or the termination, of a drain, to collect sedimentary or superfluous matter; a privy vault; any receptacle of filth. [Written also {sesspool}.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cesspool — 1670s, the first element perhaps an alteration of CISTERN (Cf. cistern), perhaps an aphetic form of RECESS (Cf. recess); or the whole may be an alteration of suspiral (c.1400), drainpipe, from O.Fr. sospiral a vent, air hole, from sospirer… … Etymology dictionary
cesspool — ► NOUN ▪ an underground container for the temporary storage of liquid waste and sewage. ORIGIN probably from archaic suspiral «vent, water pipe, settling tank», from Old French souspirail air hole … English terms dictionary
cesspool — [ses′po͞ol΄] n. [< ? It cesso, privy < L secessus, place of retirement (in LL, privy, drain): see SECEDE] 1. a deep hole or pit in the ground, usually covered, to receive drainage or sewage from the sinks, toilets, etc. of a house 2. a… … English World dictionary
cesspool — [17] Cesspool has no direct etymological connection with pool. It comes from Old French suspirail ‘ventilator, breathing hole’, a derivative of souspirer ‘breathe’ (this goes back to Latin suspīrāre, source of the archaic English suspire ‘sigh’) … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
cesspool — UK [ˈsesˌpuːl] / US [ˈsesˌpul] noun [countable] Word forms cesspool : singular cesspool plural cesspools a cesspit … English dictionary
cesspool — [17] Cesspool has no direct etymological connection with pool. It comes from Old French suspirail ‘ventilator, breathing hole’, a derivative of souspirer ‘breathe’ (this goes back to Latin suspīrāre, source of the archaic English suspire ‘sigh’) … Word origins
cesspool — noun Etymology: perhaps by folk etymology from Middle English suspiral vent, tap on a main pipe, settling pool, from Anglo French, suspirale vent, from suspirer to sigh, exhale, from Latin suspirare, literally, to draw a long breath more at… … New Collegiate Dictionary
cesspool — /ses poohl /, n. 1. a cistern, well, or pit for retaining the sediment of a drain or for receiving the sewage from a house. 2. any filthy receptacle or place. 3. any place of moral filth or immorality: a cesspool of iniquity. [1575 85; cess ( … Universalium
cesspool — [[t]se̱spuːl[/t]] cesspools N COUNT A cesspool is the same as a cesspit … English dictionary
cesspool — /ˈsɛspul / (say sespoohl) noun 1. a cistern, well, or pit for retaining the sediment of a drain or for receiving waste from a sewerage system, etc. 2. any filthy receptacle or place: a cesspool of iniquity. {alteration of cesperalle, from Old… …