sink

Meanings

1. nounplumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe
2. noun(technology) a process that acts to absorb or remove energy or a substance from a system
3. nouna depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a…

Examples

the ocean is a sink for carbon dioxide

waste water and sewage flow into it