AIR PUMP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does air pump mean? 

• AIR PUMP (noun)
  The noun AIR PUMP has 1 sense:

1. a pump that moves air in or out of something

  Familiarity information: AIR PUMP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AIR PUMP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A pump that moves air in or out of something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

air pump; vacuum pump

Hypernyms ("air pump" is a kind of...):

pump (a mechanical device that moves fluid or gas by pressure or suction)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "air pump"):

condensation pump; diffusion pump (vacuum pump used to obtain a high vacuum)

inflater; inflator (an air pump operated by hand to inflate something (as a tire))

ion pump (a vacuum pump that removes gas by ionizing the atoms or molecules and adsorbing them on a metal surface)

 Context examples 

A composite part of an air pump or a larger device that includes an air pump.

(Air Pump Assembly Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)