Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fuel pump

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.15 in modern English

Syllables: fu-el pump
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A part of a motor vehicle that transfers liquid from the fuel tank to the carburetor or fuel injector of the internal combustion engine.

Example Sentences

"The gear drive to the tandem fuel pumps is taken from the free end of the camshaft."

Inflected Forms

fuel pumps (plural)

Questions

What does fuel pump mean?: A part of a motor vehicle that transfers liquid from the fuel tank to the carburetor or fuel injector of the internal combustion engine.

How to pronounce fuel pump

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