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Meaning of septic tank | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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.
Yank (American person).
Australian, Cockney, slang

Equivalents

Deutsch Klärgrube

Ελληνικά βόθρος

Español fosa séptica

Suomi sakokaivo saostussäiliö septitankki

Français fosse septique

Italiano fossa biologica

日本語浄化槽

Nederlands septic tank septische put septische tank

Polski szambo

Português fossa fossa séptica

Русский отстойник се́птик

Türkçe foseptik lâğım çukuru

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

septicaemia septicæmia septicæmias septicæmiæ Septicemia septicentennial