Meaning

2 senses
  1. A small-scale watertight treatment system for domestic sewage in which the flow is slowed to allow sedimentation and sludge digestion by bacteria to take place.

    Klärgrube

    се́птикsɛ́ptik, отстойникotstojnik

  2. (Australian, Cockney, slang)A Yank (an American person).

More definitions
  • large tank where solid matter or sewage is disintegrated by bacteria

Examples

8 sentences
  1. He still hasn't fixed the septic tank.

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  2. He can probably fix the septic tank.

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  3. Yanni's wallet was found in the septic tank.

  4. Jonas found the key in the septic tank.

  5. We need to have the septic tank pumped.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
watertight treatment system for domestic sewage:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
watertight treatment system for domestic sewage:

Forms

plural: septic tanks
Singularseptic tank
Pluralseptic tanks

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

See also

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