VACUUM PUMP

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A pump that moves air in or out of something

Synonyms:

air pump; vacuum pump

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("vacuum pump" is a kind of...):

pump (a mechanical device that moves fluid or gas by pressure or suction)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "vacuum pump"):

condensation pump; diffusion pump (vacuum pump used to obtain a high vacuum)

inflater; inflator (an air pump operated by hand to inflate something (as a tire))

ion pump (a vacuum pump that removes gas by ionizing the atoms or molecules and adsorbing them on a metal surface)