fire hydrant
noun
: a pipe usually in the street that provides water especially for putting out fires
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Boomer, a beloved instructor with a doctorate degree, had been on an evening stroll with his girlfriend in a neighborhood east of Lake Merritt when the driver slammed into a fire hydrant that flew off the sidewalk and barreled into the couple.
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Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 24 Sep. 2025
Their dog, an 80-pound lab mix rescue, doesn’t fly with them, but Kilby evaluated the room, which has a fire hydrant, fake grass, a low drinking fountain and a sink, with the eye of a dog dad.
—Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Sep. 2025
Mahomes and Allen can turn a fire hydrant into a Pro Bowl receiver.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 3 Sep. 2025
In one of the spy spoof’s great running gags, his resentful Agent 13 would pop up in mailboxes, grandfather clocks, fire hydrants, planters, etc.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 22 Aug. 2025
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Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 24 Sep. 2025
Their dog, an 80-pound lab mix rescue, doesn’t fly with them, but Kilby evaluated the room, which has a fire hydrant, fake grass, a low drinking fountain and a sink, with the eye of a dog dad.
—Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Sep. 2025
Mahomes and Allen can turn a fire hydrant into a Pro Bowl receiver.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 3 Sep. 2025
In one of the spy spoof’s great running gags, his resentful Agent 13 would pop up in mailboxes, grandfather clocks, fire hydrants, planters, etc.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 22 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for fire hydrant
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“Fire hydrant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire%20hydrant. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.
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