English-Thai Dictionary
cesspool
N บ่อพักน้ำ เสีย cesspit sink sump bor-pak-nam-sia
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
CESSPOOL
Cess "pool `, n. Etym: [See Sesspol.]
Defn: A cistern in the course, or the termination, of a drain, to collect sedimentary or superfluous matter; a privy vault; any receptace of filth. [Written also sesspool. ]
New American Oxford Dictionary
cesspool
cess pool |ˈsesˌpo͞ol ˈsɛsˌpul | ▶noun an underground container for the temporary storage of liquid waste and sewage. • a disgusting or corrupt place: they should clean out their own political cesspool. ORIGIN late 17th cent. (denoting a trap under a drain to catch solids ): probably an alteration, influenced by pool 1, of archaic suspiral ‘vent, water pipe, settling tank, ’ from Old French souspirail ‘air hole, ’ based on Latin sub- ‘from below ’ + spirare ‘breathe. ’
Oxford Dictionary
cesspool
cess |pool |ˈsɛspuːl | ▶noun an underground container for the temporary storage of liquid waste and sewage. • a disgusting or corrupt place. ORIGIN late 17th cent. (denoting a trap under a drain to catch solids ): probably an alteration, influenced by pool 1, of archaic suspiral ‘vent, water pipe, settling tank ’, from Old French souspirail ‘air hole ’, based on Latin sub- ‘from below ’ + spirare ‘breathe ’.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
cesspool
cess pool cess pit /séspùːl //séspɪ̀t /名詞 C 汚水 [汚物 ]溜め ; 不潔な場所 ; 道徳が乱れた場所 [状況 ].
The Wordsmith Dictionary