fire hydrant

noun

: a pipe usually in the street that provides water especially for putting out fires

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Listen to this article A Brooklyn man known for creating a makeshift aquarium under a leaking fire hydrant on a Bedford-Stuyvesant sidewalk was sentenced Friday for a 2023 shooting that took place just steps from where visitors would later delight in the school of goldfish. —

Ellen Moynihan, New York Daily News, 3 Jan. 2025 Over the last year, Los Angeles has seen a surge of thefts of copper, brass and other metals from street lights, tombstones, fire hydrants and transit rail lines, among other places. —

Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2024 And outside, a New York cop has turned on the fire hydrant in the street. —

Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 12 Dec. 2024 Photo: Hannah La Follette Ryan for New York Magazine Our most exciting cultural center opened in August as a bit among three guys sick of looking at a leaky fire hydrant at the corner of Hancock Street and Tompkins Avenue. —

The Editors, Curbed, 2 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for fire hydrant