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

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

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2023

The letter said that the contractors had removed loose and damaged concrete from a pool pump room but added that they were not able to complete all necessary repairs.

From Washington Post • Jul. 2, 2021

Visitors are led underground to the pump room where brine is still drawn from the earth when needed in winter to de-ice the town’s roads.

From Washington Times • Jul. 12, 2019

At the end of every sad street, a playground and a factory, the engine of the city, nether regions and pump room.

From New York Times • Aug. 27, 2015

In the case of the No. 1 sump a direct-connected electric triple-plunger pump is employed, situated in a pump room about 40 feet distant from the sump pit.

From The New York Subway Its Construction and Equipment by Anonymous