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pumphouse

US/ˈpʌmpˌhaʊs/

pumphouse noun: a building containing pumping equipment; thus.

Noun

pumphouse (plural pumphouses)

  1. A building containing pumping equipment; thus
    • On many farms the early milkhouse and pumphouse were one. Most farmers during the latter part of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth centuries with a herd of milk cows had a milkhouse.1972, Amos Long, The Pennsylvania German family farm
  2. A building containing pumping equipment to fill a canal.
  3. A building containing pumping equipment to provide the water supply on a farm (from a well, spring, creek, or pond).

Forms of pumphouse

pluralpumphouses
alternative formpump house

Origin of pumphouse

From pump + house.

Questions about pumphouse

What does pumphouse mean?
Pumphouse means a building containing pumping equipment; thus.
What part of speech is pumphouse?
Pumphouse is a noun.
How do you pronounce pumphouse?
Pumphouse is pronounced /ˈpʌmpˌhaʊs/ (US).
What is the plural of pumphouse?
The plural of pumphouse is pumphouses.

Words near pumphouse in the dictionary

  1. pumpets
  2. pumpgun
  3. pumpguns
  4. pumphead
  5. pumpheads
  6. pumphouse
  7. pumphouses
  8. Pumphrey
  9. Pumphreys
  10. pumpies
  11. pumpin'

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