3 definitions
for cesspool
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Cesspool \Cess"pool`\ (-p[=oo]l`), n. [See Sesspol.]
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.]
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 :
cesspool
n : a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it [syn:
cesspit, sink, sump]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
19 Moby Thesaurus words for "cesspool":
Sodom, bog, cesspit, cloaca, cloaca maxima, den, drain, dump,
garbage dump, marsh, mire, pandemonium, quagmire, septic tank,
sewer, sink, sty, sump, swamp
