Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a pump house at a spa where medicinal waters are pumped and where patrons gather;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pump \Pump\, n. [Akin to D. pomp, G. pumpe, F. pompe; of unknown
origin.]
An hydraulic machine, variously constructed, for raising or
transferring fluids, consisting essentially of a moving piece
or piston working in a hollow cylinder or other cavity, with
valves properly placed for admitting or retaining the fluid
as it is drawn or driven through them by the action of the
piston.
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Note: for various kinds of pumps, see Air pump, Chain
pump, and Force pump; also, under Lifting,
Plunger, Rotary, etc.
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Circulating pump (Steam Engine), a pump for driving the
condensing water through the casing, or tubes, of a
surface condenser.
Pump brake. See Pump handle, below.
Pump dale. See Dale.
Pump gear, the apparatus belonging to a pump. --Totten.
Pump handle, the lever, worked by hand, by which motion is
given to the bucket of a pump.
Pump hood, a semicylindrical appendage covering the upper
wheel of a chain pump.
Pump rod, the rod to which the bucket of a pump is
fastened, and which is attached to the brake or handle;
the piston rod.
Pump room, a place or room at a mineral spring where the
waters are drawn and drunk. [Eng.]
Pump spear. Same as Pump rod, above.
Pump stock, the stationary part, body, or barrel of a pump.
Pump well. (Naut.) See Well.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
pump room
n 1: a pump house at a spa where medicinal waters are pumped and
where patrons gather