lift pump

noun

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

Origin of lift pump

First recorded in 1855–60

Compare force pump.

Words Nearby lift pump

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How to use lift pump in a sentence

Bucket and Plunger Pumps consist of a lift pump bucket combined with a plunger of half its area.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 1 | Various
This differs but little from the ordinary lift pump, as a reference to Figure 134 will show.
General Science | Bertha M. Clark
When the cylinder becomes filled with water, this is lifted out on the up-stroke, whence its name, "lift pump."
Physics | Willis Eugene Tower
This foundry also manufactures a pump, well known to be the best forcing and lift pump in existence.
The History of Louisville, from the Earliest Settlement till the Year 1852 | Ben Casseday
The plunger was enlarged from eight to ten inches, and a third lift pump was added.
Report of the Hoosac Tunnel and Troy and Greenfield Railroad, by the Joint Standing Committee of 1866. | Tappan Wentworth

British Dictionary definitions for lift pump

lift pump

noun

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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