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  • adjective able to be pumped

Etymologies

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pump +‎ -able

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Examples

  • His winning solution used industrial vibrating equipment, placed on barges, which kept the oil pumpable.

    Government contests offer different way to find solutions for problems 2010

  • These boats normally are used to pump clear fluid, not mud, so there is an issue of keeping the mud “pumpable”.

    BP Spill Update: Top Kill Working? | RedState 2010

  • The lower sections of the trail with all of the pumpable turns was amazing!

    Being Spotted on Picture Rock Trail - Bike Review KBK 2009

  • The lower sections of the trail with all of the pumpable turns was amazing!

    Archive 2009-02-01 KBK 2009

  • From my perspective it would be nice to know about the business incentives or conditions that helped get these off the ground. www. wattwatt.com coal into a clean pumpable liquid with low burnoff emissions both are now readily available at competitive costs. so this is nice site for a discussion and ideas. that how can we tackle the present situation on earth living conditions.

    GeekLikeMe.net 2009

  • The design is to make the system work with anything not pumpable.

    AgWired 2008

  • As to quality, in spite of rather too high a sulphur content, Middle Eastern oil is perfectly manageable, pumpable and refinable.

    Oil, Power Politics and the Arab Awakening 1959

  • Although they still contain sludge, the pumpable liquids have been emptied from the tanks.

    The Seattle Times 2010

  • Although they still contain sludge, the pumpable liquids have been emptied from the tanks.

    The Seattle Times 2010

  • Although they still contain sludge, the pumpable liquids have been emptied from the tanks.

    All Today's News - Sightline Daily 2010

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