PUMPING STATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pumping station mean? 

• PUMPING STATION (noun)
  The noun PUMPING STATION has 1 sense:

1. a house where pumps (e.g. to irrigate) are installed and operated

  Familiarity information: PUMPING STATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PUMPING STATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A house where pumps (e.g. to irrigate) are installed and operated

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

pump house; pumping station

Hypernyms ("pumping station" is a kind of...):

house (a building in which something is sheltered or located)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pumping station"):

pump room (a pump house at a spa where medicinal waters are pumped and where patrons gather)