force pump
- noun
- Specialized
:
bomba de fuerza
- The fire department used a force pump to quickly supply water to the hoses during the emergency.
As by so many forcing pumps, it leaps forth and all over discharges itself in blasts of angry fire.
- As by so many forcing pumps, it leaps forth and all over discharges itself in blasts of angry fire.
Examples
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The engineer demonstrated how the force pump raised water from the reservoir to the upper tank.
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As by so many forcing pumps, it leaps forth and all over discharges itself in blasts of angry fire.
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Using a force pump allowed the workers to efficiently transport the liquid to the desired height.
Synonyms
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2.1
A machine that moves water or air to another place
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4.1
A machine that uses moving water or other liquid to move liquid higher and raise its pressure
How Powerful
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound meaning is directly built from 'force' (power) modifying 'pump' (a machine that moves fluids), so a pump that applies force to raise or expel liquid is immediately inferable. This is a regular, productive noun–noun composition found cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both constituent words would very likely understand the term.
Etymology
Force pump is a compound name that shows its job: a pump that uses force or 'pressure' to push water up and out. So it means 'a pump that raises liquid and pushes it out under pressure'.