fuel pump

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.

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Meanings

nounfuel pump (plural fuel pumps)

plural fuel pumps

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

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

    1958 April 29, “British Railways First Main-Line Diesel-Hydraulic Locomotive”, in Railway Magazine, page 265
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APA

fuel pump. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fuel%20pump

MLA

“fuel pump.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fuel%20pump. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fuel pump,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fuel%20pump.

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