PUMP WELL

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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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)

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