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water pump

water pump noun: a pump for raising or circulating water.

Noun

water pump (plural water pumps)

  1. A pump for raising or circulating water.
    • I cautiously raised the hood, freed a hoodful of smoke-steam, but there was no flame. As the smoke blew away I leaned over the radiator. I didn't expect to see anything that made sense to me; I don't know a distributor from a water pump.1960, Berry Fleming, The Winter Rider, page 24
    • Following a 24 hours’ incubation in a cold room at the temperature of 4° C the samples were agitated and then filtered through membranae Synpor 6 of 24 mm dia. by means of a water pump.1977, Genetica, page 40

water pump meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati and Tagalog

water pump in Tamil

நீர்ப்பம்பி, நீர் பம்ப்பு, நீரேற்றி

water pump in Urdu

بمبا, نل

water pump in Gujarati

Translations
બંબો bambo

water pump in Tagalog

Translations
bomba

Examples of water pump in a sentence

  • A remoisturizing shower does not work if the water pump is not on.2000, Tappi Journal - Volume 83, page 49:
  • Toilet stations and a restroom and shower unit, along with the six water pumps scattered throughout the two sites, give all campers easy access.2012, Tom Watson, Best Tent Camping: Minnesota, page 103:

Forms of water pump

pluralwater pumps
alternative formwaterpump

Words formed from water pump

Questions about water pump

What does water pump mean?
Water pump means a pump for raising or circulating water.
What is water pump in Tamil?
Water pump in Tamil is நீர்ப்பம்பி, நீர் பம்ப்பு, நீரேற்றி. See Water pump meaning in Tamil.
How do you use water pump in a sentence?
A remoisturizing shower does not work if the water pump is not on.
What part of speech is water pump?
Water pump is a noun.
What is the plural of water pump?
The plural of water pump is water pumps.

Words near water pump in the dictionary

  1. water princes
  2. water privilege
  3. water privileges
  4. water protector
  5. water protectors
  6. water pump
  7. water pump pliers
  8. water pumps
  9. water purifier
  10. water purifiers
  11. water purslane

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Adapted from Wiktionary: water pump (page history and authors); water pump (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); water pump (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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