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Webster 1913 Edition

Cesspool

Cess′poolˊ

(-poōlˊ)

,

Noun.

[See

.]

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

.]

Definition 2024

cesspool

cesspool

English

Alternative forms

cess pool

Noun

cesspool ‎(plural cesspools)

An underground pit where sewage is held.
(by extension) A filthy place.

Synonyms

Translations

place for sewage

Chinese:
Mandarin: 糞池 (zh), 粪池 (zh) ‎(fènchí)
Czech: žumpa (cs) f
Dutch: beerput (nl) m
Finnish: likakaivo (fi)
French: fosse d’aisance f, fosse (fr) f
German: Jauchegrube (de) f, Jauchengrube (de) f, Senkgrube f, Abfallgrube f, Güllegrube f, (South German) Odelgrube f

Greek: βόθρος (el) m ‎(vóthros), καταβόθρα (el) f ‎(katavóthra)
Italian: pozzo nero, fossa biologica f, fogna (it) f, cesso alla turca m
Polish: szambo (pl) n
Portuguese: fossa (pt) f
Russian: выгребна́я я́ма f ‎(vygrebnája jáma), сто́чный коло́дец m ‎(stóčnyj kolódec)
Scottish Gaelic: poll-caca m
Spanish: pozo negro m, pozo ciego
Volapük: jiedotasep

filthy place

French: cloaque (fr) m, porcherie (fr) f
German: Sumpf (de)
Italian: fogna (it) f

Polish: szambo (pl) n
Spanish: cloaca f
Swedish: träsk (sv) n, dypöl c
Turkish: bok çukuru