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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)
n
1: a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it [syn: cesspool, cesspit, sink, sump]
Merriam Webster's
noun Etymology: cesspool + pit Date: 1777 a pit for the disposal of refuse (as sewage)
Oxford Reference Dictionary
n. 1 a pit for the disposal of refuse. 2 = CESSPOOL. Etymology: cess in CESSPOOL + PIT(1)
Collin's Cobuild Dictionary
(cesspits) A cesspit is a hole or tank in the ground into which waste water and sewage flow. = cesspool N-COUNT
