Meaning Cesspool
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Cesspool An underground reservoir for liquid waste, typically household sewage.
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Cesspoolalso cess-pool, 1670s, the first element perhaps an alteration of cistern, perhaps a shortened form of recess [Klein]; or the whole may be an alteration of suspiral (c. 1400), "drainpipe," f [..]
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Cesspool(n) a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it
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Cesspoola covered hole or pit for receiving sewage
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CesspoolA drywell that receives untreated sanitary waste containing human excreta, which sometimes has an open bottom and/or perforated sides (40 CFR 144.3). Cesspools with the capacity to serve 20 or more pe [..]
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CesspoolA covered pit with a perforated lining in the bottom into which raw sewage is discharged: the liquid portion of the sewage is disposed of by seeping or leaching into the surrounding porous soil; the s [..]
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CesspoolA lined or partially lined excavation or pit for dumping raw household wastewater for natural decomposition and percolation into the soil.
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Cesspoola covered hole or pit for receiving untreated sewage.
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Cesspool
An underground pit where sewage is held.
(by extension) A filthy place.
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