fire hydrant

noun

Definition of fire hydrantnext
as in hydrant

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Recent Examples of fire hydrant Graham, in theory, would be a fire hydrant presence in the middle of the defense. — Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2025 Certainly, there’s some element of dog-park dynamics here, where Musk is simply peeing on Altman’s fire hydrant. — Allison Morrow, CNN, 12 Feb. 2025 The incident happened Thursday afternoon, around 4:45 p.m., when deputies went to County Road 905 responding to reports of a man placing boulders on the roadway and tampering with fire hydrants, noted Adam Linhardt, sheriff’s office spokesman. — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 3 Mar. 2025 The first one revealed new details about the moments when firefighters realized fire hydrants lacked water. — Brittney Melton, NPR, 26 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for fire hydrant
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fire hydrant
  1. hydrant
  2. waste pipe
  3. pipe
  4. tube
  5. duct
  6. leader
  7. conduit
  8. fireplug
Noun
  • The red car that blocked the hydrant belongs to a 27-year-old woman who later turned up at the scene with a 6-year-old child.
    — Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 12 Feb. 2025
  • Citizens are urged to contact the city with information, including photos, of those possibly misusing the hydrants.
    — Chuck Rupnow, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
Definition of hydrant
Noun
  • Pay attention to where the kitchen and bathrooms are, too—water supply and waste pipes for the second floor are often found in walls on the first floor, below sinks, tubs, or showers.
    — Kevin Cortez, Popular Mechanics, 25 May 2023
  • Cathcart is referring to the plumbing that the vanity's sink and faucet connect to—the water lines and waste pipe connect to the underside of the sink via the bendy P-trap pipe.
    — Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Apr. 2023
Definition of waste pipe
Noun
  • Suddenly, violent winds roared, debris whizzed through the air and pipes burst as the tornado tore into their home.
    — Mary Gilbert, CNN, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Last year everything apart from the pipes and wiring was redone in a major refurbishment.
    — Fiona Bornhöft, Architectural Digest, 22 Mar. 2025
Definition of pipe
Noun
  • But the pontiff never required a tracheal tube to keep his airway open.
    — Emma Bowman, NPR, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Schoonover says that his insurer refused to pay $8,000 for ear tubes to treat his one-year-old’s recurring ear infections—a treatment doctors said was medically necessary, but the insurer said was not.
    — Alana Semuels, TIME, 20 Mar. 2025
Definition of tube
Noun
  • They shouldn’t be worn for prolonged periods, though, because the compression can lead to clogged milk ducts.
    — BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 26 Feb. 2025
  • Rather than huge fans on the set with a massive amount of electronic noise, those fans are outside the stage and they’re tubed in through on plastic flexible ducts.
    — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of duct
Noun
  • The Olympic Journey: Failure In 2008 Elana had finished an outstanding college softball career at GWU as the all-time leader in many offensive categories.
    — Tim Genske, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Trump funding freeze a blatant violation of Constitution, federal law: Legal experts Pildes added that public opinion can be expressed through economics, which federal leaders watch attentively.
    — Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 21 Mar. 2025
Definition of leader
Noun
  • Case’s peristaltic robot lays the conduit while traveling, reducing the overall installation time.
    — IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Any device that can surf the internet can be a conduit for phishing attacks.
    — PCMAG, PCMAG, 7 Mar. 2025
Definition of conduit
Noun
  • The newest member of the new-look Red Sox is an aggressive, fireplug of a player, which is why Cora keeps comparing him to the sainted Dustin Pedroia.
    — Steve Buckley, The Athletic, 15 Feb. 2025
  • Gudea looks a bit like a fireplug.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2021
Definition of fireplug

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“Fire hydrant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fire%20hydrant. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.

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