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
  • Fire officials said there were no hydrants in the immediate area, so the department’s preplan and mutual aid strategy was initiated, bringing a tanker truck from the Washington Volunteer Fire Department and an engine and crew from the Bethlehem Fire Department to the scene.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 5 Mar. 2025
  • California’s water supply agencies have disputed the president’s claims about the system hurting the efforts in Los Angeles, saying hydrants ran dry because they were not built to fight wildfires and a key reservoir was empty because of ongoing maintenance.
    — Alexx Altman-Devilbiss, Baltimore Sun, 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
  • White did take the opportunity, before Friday’s qualifiers, to serve as a forerunner in the pipe alongside 10-year-old Paizley White (no relation), a Whitespace team rider.
    — Michelle Bruton, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
  • Some Russian troops had spent several days in the pipe before striking Ukrainian units from the rear near the town of Sudzha, blogger Yuri Podolyaka claimed.
    — Joanna Kozlowska, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2025
Definition of pipe
Noun
  • Despite being in a hospital bed, hooked up to tubes, Rihanna was as fashionable as ever.
    — Robyn Merrett, StyleCaster, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Tina untied the tourniquet on Lilian’s arm and left with the tray of tubes.
    — Yiyun Li, The New Yorker, 9 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
  • In a mid-January poll by Nanos, the Liberals trailed the opposition Conservatives and their leader Pierre Poilievre 47% to 20%.
    — Rob Gillies, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2025
  • The protests have been slamming Tesla CEO Elon Musk — de facto leader of the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE — over his spearheading of the Trump administration’s government jobs- and funding-slashing agenda.
    — Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 9 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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