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PUMP WELL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An enclosure in the middle of a ship's hold that protects the ship's pumps
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("pump well" is a kind of...):
well (an enclosed compartment in a ship or plane for holding something as e.g. fish or a plane's landing gear or for protecting something as e.g. a ship's pumps)