petrol pump
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Petrol pump — may refer to:* fuel dispenser * filling station … Wikipedia
petrol pump — noun a pump in a service station that draws gasoline from underground storage tanks • Syn: ↑gas pump, ↑gasoline pump, ↑island dispenser • Hypernyms: ↑pump * * * petrol pump noun A machine from which measured amounts of petrol are dispensed for… … Useful english dictionary
petrol pump — noun Petrol pump is used before these nouns: ↑attendant … Collocations dictionary
petrol pump — /ˈpɛtrəl pʌmp/ (say petruhl pump) noun 1. a pump at a service station; bowser. 2. a pump, electrically or mechanically driven, which delivers petrol to the carburettor of an internal combustion engine …
petrol pump — A British term for gas pump. A pump which dispenses gasoline at a gas station … Dictionary of automotive terms
petrol pump — Inglish (Indian English) Dictionary Gas station … English dialects glossary
pump — 1 noun 1 (C) a machine for forcing liquid or gas into or out of something: water/air/beer etc pump (=for moving water/air etc) | hand/foot pump (=operated by your hand or foot) | petrol pump/gas pump (=for putting petrol or gas into cars) see… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
pump — pump1 S3 [pʌmp] n [Sense: 1, 3; Date: 1400 1500; : Middle Low German; Origin: pumpe or Middle Dutch pompe, probably from Spanish bomba] [Sense: 2; Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Origin unknown] 1.) a machine for forcing liquid or gas into or out of… … Dictionary of contemporary English
pump — [1] A device for moving liquid or gas by decreasing or increasing the pressure on it. See accelerator pump air pump canned motor pump cell pump centrifugal pump charging pump circulating pump coolant pump diaphragm pump … Dictionary of automotive terms
petrol — n. Brit. 1 refined petroleum used as a fuel in motor vehicles, aircraft, etc. 2 (attrib.) concerned with the supply of petrol (petrol pump; petrol station). Phrases and idioms: petrol bomb a simple bomb made of a petrol filled bottle and a wick.… … Useful english dictionary
