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lift pump

noun

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


lift pump

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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of lift pump1

First recorded in 1855–60
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Example Sentences

Bucket and Plunger Pumps consist of a lift pump bucket combined with a plunger of half its area.

This differs but little from the ordinary lift pump, as a reference to Figure 134 will show.

When the cylinder becomes filled with water, this is lifted out on the up-stroke, whence its name, "lift pump."

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

The plunger was enlarged from eight to ten inches, and a third lift pump was added.

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