pumpableadj.
/ˈpʌmpəbl/, U.S. /ˈpəmpəb(ə)l/ Able to be pumped, capable of being pumped (in various senses).
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > materials having undergone process > [adjective] > pumped > capable of being
pumpable1879
1879 Rep. Comm. U.S. Senate (45th Congress, 3rd Sess.) II. No. 784. 58 He wanted to pump me, but I'm not pumpable; I've been in the newspaper business too long for that.
1911 Humeston (Iowa) New Era 1 Feb. (advt.) We wish at this time to call your attention to our pump doctor, J. P. Gibson. He surely can make a pump pump if the pump is pumpable.
1933 Times 29 Apr. 16/5 It is said that all grades of the new hydrogenated Essolube are freely pumpable under the most extreme conditions of cold ever encountered in this country.
1970 Sci. Jrnl. Aug. 79/2 Traditional grouts are sand, lime or cement and sufficient water to make the mixture pumpable.
1995 Maclean's 7 Aug. 41/3 To make the heavy bunker oil pumpable, divers would have had to insert equipment into the Whale's eight cargo compartments to heat the oil.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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