sink2
• noun 1 a fixed basin with a water supply and outflow pipe. 2 a sinkhole. 3 before another noun denoting a school or estate situated in a socially deprived area: a sink school. 4 a body or process by which energy or a component is removed from a system: a heat sink. — ORIGIN from SINK1.
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