OIL PUMP

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does oil pump mean? 

• OIL PUMP (noun)
  The noun OIL PUMP has 1 sense:

1. a pump that keeps a supply of oil on moving parts

  Familiarity information: OIL PUMP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OIL PUMP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A pump that keeps a supply of oil on moving parts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

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

Holonyms ("oil pump" is a part of...):

force-feed lubricating system; force feed; lubricating system; pressure-feed lubricating system; pressure feed (mechanical system of lubricating internal combustion engines in which a pump forces oil into the engine bearings)

 Context examples 

If he talks of a radiator it is a battleship, of an oil pump a cruiser, and so on.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)