pump room
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of pump room
First recorded in 1735–45
Example Sentences
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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
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
Fresh and faded, mocking yet passionate, compact of tinsel and gold is this little tragedy of a winter season in view of the pump room....
From Sinister Street, vol. 1 by MacKenzie, Compton
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