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sump pumps

sump pumps is the plural of sump pump.

Meaning of sump pump

Noun

sump pump (plural sump pumps)

  1. A pump used for the removal of liquid from a sump or sump pit.
    • Basements tend to flood, and ours, certainly, was perennially damp, despite the constant workings of the dehumidifier and sump pump.2019 September 17, Edward Snowden, Permanent Record, New York, N.Y.: Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company, →ISBN, page 15

Questions about sump pumps

What is sump pumps the plural of?
Sump pumps is the plural of sump pump.

Words near sump pumps in the dictionary

  1. sump busters
  2. sump oil
  3. sump pit
  4. sump pits
  5. sump pump
  6. sump pumps
  7. sump tank
  8. sump tanks
  9. sump up
  10. sumpah
  11. sumped

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