Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hydropump

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hy-drop-ump
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A hydraulic pump.

Example Sentences

"This is because of the increased pulling power of the retro jet which would make manual retraction unduly laborious. A hydropump has therefore been fitted that is simply operated by a clutch lever giving variable speed of retraction."
"Professor N. K. Vereshchagin, a palaeontologist from Leningrad who joined the expedition, discovered the archaeological component at the site when using a hydropump to expose a bone-rich horizon of the "cemetery.""
"An adequate Diesel engine has been selected which, via gearbox, drives hydropumps for machine operation and movement."

Etymology

From hydro- + pump.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: hydro

Inflected Forms

hydropumps (plural)

Questions

What does hydropump mean?: A hydraulic pump.
Where does hydropump come from?: From hydro- + pump.

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