air pump Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a pump that moves air in or out of something
    vacuum pump.

WordNet


Air" pump`
Definitions
  1. (Physics) A kind of pump for exhausting air from a vessel or closed space; also, a pump to condense air of force in into a closed space.
  2. (Steam Engines) A pump used to exhaust from a condenser the condensed steam, the water used for condensing, and any commingled air.

Webster 1913