[ˈsɛspuːl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an underground container for the temporary storage of liquid waste and sewage


Phrases:

Origin:
late 17th century (denoting a trap under a drain to catch solids): probably an alteration, influenced by pool, of archaic suspiral ‘vent, water pipe, settling tank’, from Old French souspirail ‘air hole’, based on Latin sub- ‘from below’ + spirare ‘breathe’