cesspit
A cesspool; a pit or covered cistern used to collect sewage and waste waterA cesspool; a pit or covered cistern used to collect sewage and waste water.
» Allowing all speech just leads to a cesspit of hate.
Meaning
2 sensesA cesspool; a pit or covered cistern used to collect sewage and waste water.
Sickergrube, Versitzgrube, Senkgrube
помо́йная я́маpomójnaja jáma
a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it
(broadly, derogatory, figuratively)A place or situation characterised by corruption, filth or immoral activities.
Politics devolved into a cesspit of lies and deceit.
Examples
1 sentencesAllowing all speech just leads to a cesspit of hate.
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
Uncertain. The first part, cess-, is undoubtedly the same as for cesspool, whose origin isUncertain. The first part, cess-, is undoubtedly the same as for cesspool, whose origin is likewise uncertain. The second part is pit, a hole in the ground.
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