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pump house

pump house

3 3.5
A small building that holds machines to move water for a town or farm
  • noun
  • /pʌmp haʊs/
translation icon : estación de bombeo
  • My parents used to put an incandescent bulb in the pump house, utilizing the heat to prevent the pump from freezing.
  • a guy in the pump house

Examples

  • A booster pump house helps drive the cyclofeeder slurry through the pipeline.

    Academic text (1998)

  • Those are for the irrigation pump house for the subdivision.

  • The pump house at Marina Barrage has seven pumps, each weighing as much as 400 men (or 28 tons).

    Academic text (2016)

  • The farmer checked the equipment in the pump house to ensure the irrigation system was working properly.

  • After the storm, the water level rose and almost flooded the pump house near the lake.

  • We went to the pump house to fill up the tanks before the hot summer months arrived.

Synonyms

pumping station
vspump house
  • Specialized
5 3.2

A building with machines that move water or sewage to other places

is narrower, meaning a single building mainly for irrigation and water supply

How Big

waterworks
1 3.5
pumping station
  • Specialized
5 3.2
pump house
3 3.5
wellhouse
  • UK
4.4

Surface Forms

pump house singular
pump houses plural

Morphology

pump + house

The meaning 'a building where pumps are installed and operated' is directly and predictably derived from combining 'pump' (a machine for moving fluids) with 'house' (a building). This noun–noun compound follows a common modifier+head pattern that is cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the meaning.

Etymology

Pump house paints a simple picture: a small house built to hold the pump machines that move water. That's why it means 'a building where pumps are put and run to supply water to a farm or town'.