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sink(1) (iou)



sink noun. ME.
[from the verb.]
I.
A fixed basin made of stone, metal, etc., with a pipe; esp. such a basin with a water supply. ME.
everything but the kitchen sink: see KITCHEN sink.
b. A pool or pit in the ground for collecting waste water or sewage; a cesspool. Now rare. LME.
c. A conduit or drain for carrying away dirty water or sewage; a sewer. Now rare. L15.
fig. A place where vice, corruption, or social deprivation is rampant. Also foll. by of. E16.
b. A mass of unpleasant matter; the most worthless part of a place etc., the dregs. L16-M18.
c. A place where things are lost. rare. M17.
transf. A receptacle of foul or waste matter. L16.
II. a. The well of a lamp. Only in LME.
b. The well of a ship. E17-E18.
Mining. A mine shaft, esp. one dug as a preliminary to a full-sized shaft. L16.
a. A flat low-lying area where water collects and forms a marsh or pool, or disappears by percolation or evaporation. L16.
b. A swallow-hole. Chiefly US. L18.
Physics. A place where, or a process by which, energy or some specific component leaves a system; a device that acts as a sink. Opp. SOURCE noun 5b. M19.
Comb.: sinkhole (a) a hole or hollow into which foul matter runs or is thrown; (b) a swallow-hole.
sinkful noun as much or as many as will fill a (kitchen) sink M20.