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PUMP HOUSE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pump house mean?
• PUMP HOUSE (noun)
The noun PUMP HOUSE has 1 sense:
1. a house where pumps (e.g. to irrigate) are installed and operated
Familiarity information: PUMP HOUSE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A house where pumps (e.g. to irrigate) are installed and operated
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
pump house; pumping station
Hypernyms ("pump house" is a kind of...):
house (a building in which something is sheltered or located)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pump house"):
pump room (a pump house at a spa where medicinal waters are pumped and where patrons gather)
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