plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe | a pitch that curves downward rapidly as it approaches the plate |
a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it | a weight that sinks (as to hold nets or fishing lines under water) |
a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof | a small ring-shaped friedcake |
(technology) a process that acts to absorb or remove energy or a substance from a system | |