pump room

American  

noun

1. a room at a spa for drinking mineral waters.

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pump room British  

noun

1. a building or room at a spa in which the water from a mineral spring may be drunk

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Etymology

Origin of pump room

First recorded in 1735–45

Example Sentences

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pump room

Maritime security firm Vanguard Tech told AFP three explosions rocked the ship on June 6, flooding several areas including the steering gear compartment and pump room.

From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026

Jointly owned by Inverclyde Council and Peel Ports, it recently secured £20m of UK government funding to repair the flooded pump room and ageing dock gates.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026

Bear tracks led into the pool pump room, swamped in a foot of mud.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2023

Even so, he noted, concrete spalling and corrosion of reinforcement metal in the pool’s pump room would require significant structural repairs.

From New York Times ● Jul. 4, 2021

After it," I cried to my companion, "and if you reach the pump room turn loose all the pumps.

From A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs