air pump

noun
1.
an apparatus for drawing in, compressing, or exhausting air.
2.
(initial capital letters) Astronomy. the constellation Antlia.

Origin:
1650–60

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air pump
 
n
a device for pumping air in or out of something

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Air pump is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
Example sentences
The air pump supplies compressed air for the brake system.
On the left is a battery pack to power the air pump on the right.
The machine at the top is the air pump for aeration.
In replacing an air pump with an electric pump that was leaking naphtha, an
  explosion occurred.
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