fire hydrant
a hydrant for use in extinguishing fires.
Origin of fire hydrant
1- Also called fireplug.
Words Nearby fire hydrant
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How to use fire hydrant in a sentence
He went to the bathroom on the designated patch of turf grass decorated with a fire hydrant.
At doggie day care, a pandemic puppy spends his first day without mom and dad | Emily Davies | July 29, 2021 | Washington PostThis could be a water tank, for fires where it will not have access to fire hydrants.
The blocking of fire hydrants, bus stops, bike lanes or handicap parking spaces is prohibited.
D.C. will begin to ramp up parking enforcement this month | Luz Lazo | March 11, 2021 | Washington PostIt seems like the world is trying to put out a house fire with a garden hose when a perfectly good fire hydrant is available just next door.
U.N. Study Finds Just 2.5% of Pandemic Response Funds Committed So Far Will Help Fix the Climate and Environment | Ciara Nugent | March 10, 2021 | TimeI remember walking around my hometown of Longview, Washington, tremendously excited about the fire hydrants that had been painted in celebration of our nation’s bicentennial.
Some punk city kids crack open a fire hydrant and are playing in its spray.
The water deepened quickly and was almost covering a fire hydrant within 100 yards.
In Stuyvesant Town, Evidence of Hurricane Sandy’s Wrath | Matthew DeLuca | October 30, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThe fire hydrant: Starting on all fours, I lifted my leg like a dog relieving himself, and then extended that leg behind me.
Shoeless, he ran into the car and barreled out of the driveway before careening off a fire hydrant and then smashing into a tree.
Yes, you will still have TMZ on your front lawn (or camped out by the broken fire hydrant).
I whispered to Westy, That would be a good place for the inventor to park, in front of a fire hydrant.
Roy Blakeley, Lost, Strayed or Stolen | Percy Keese FitzhughAnd Mrs. Garvey turns the color of a fire hydrant clear up into her permanent wave.
Torchy As A Pa | Sewell FordNow there's no doubt of his achievin' a pink-plus set of wavy locks that'll make a fresh-painted fire hydrant look faded.
Torchy As A Pa | Sewell FordEx-private William E. Peck sat down on a fire hydrant and cursed with rage.
The Go-Getter | Peter B. KyneThen she seized my arm—thereby almost wrecking us against a fire hydrant—and clung to me, sobbing.
The Book of Susan | Lee Wilson Dodd
British Dictionary definitions for fire hydrant
a hydrant for use as an emergency supply for fighting fires, esp one in a street: Also called (esp US and NZ): fireplug
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