lift pump

American  

noun

1. a pump in which a liquid is lifted rather than forced up from below.

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lift pump British  

noun

1. a pump that raises a fluid to a higher level. It usually consists of a piston and vertical cylinder with flap or ball valves in both piston and cylinder base Compare force pump

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Etymology

Origin of lift pump

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

Instead, board members approved contracts for the installation of pipelines for chilled water, sediment removal, the replacement of a wastewater lift pump and the removal of compost waste.

From Seattle Times

This foundry also manufactures a pump, well known to be the best forcing and lift pump in existence.

From Project Gutenberg

Kennard’s sand pump is entirely different from the pumps already described, and is a direct application of the ordinary lift pump.

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Put the mouth of a small syringe, or better, of a glass model lift pump, under water.

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Water for this fort was supplied from two deep wells and raised by a peculiar lift pump, different from any that I ever saw before.

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