Explore Sumps through 5 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Sumps meaning
plural of sump
Using Sumps
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of sump
- In the example corpus, sumps often appears in combinations such as: sumps and.
Context around Sumps
- Average sentence length in these examples: 18.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 2 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Sumps
- In this selection, "sumps" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 18.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, two, larger and underneath stand out and add context to how "sumps" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include basins like sumps and storm and designing two sumps one near. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "sumps" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with sumps
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The sumps have capacity of 16,000 litres each. (9 words)
The primary drawback is that high flows typically require larger sumps and bigger cooling units. (15 words)
Dispensers have sumps underneath them, which any leaks would go into, and also set off an alarm. (17 words)
The engineers had addressed the concerns of both nations' military leaders by designing two sumps —one near the coast of each country—that could be flooded at will to block the tunnel. (32 words)
Hoffman said rain gardens are an environmentally friendly way of handling stormwater, replacing traditional recharge basins like sumps and storm drains. (21 words)
Dispensers have sumps underneath them, which any leaks would go into, and also set off an alarm. (17 words)
Example sentences (5)
Dispensers have sumps underneath them, which any leaks would go into, and also set off an alarm.
The sumps have capacity of 16,000 litres each.
Hoffman said rain gardens are an environmentally friendly way of handling stormwater, replacing traditional recharge basins like sumps and storm drains.
The engineers had addressed the concerns of both nations' military leaders by designing two sumps —one near the coast of each country—that could be flooded at will to block the tunnel.
The primary drawback is that high flows typically require larger sumps and bigger cooling units.
Common combinations with sumps
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: