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fire hydrant

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Definition of fire hydrant

as in hydrant

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Recent Examples of fire hydrant In southwest suburban Bridgeview, Southfield Drive off Harlem Avenue was so inundated that the only sign that a street was under the water was a fire hydrant peeking out. — Albert Ramon, CBS News, 9 Aug. 2026 The first thirty days of any job can feel like drinking water from a fire hydrant. — Kate Wieczorek, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026 The impact sent the second vehicle into a fire hydrant, causing a geyser to erupt, and into the side of a car dealership. — Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 20 July 2026 Police arrested Joseph Centimano, 24, for opening the water to a fire hydrant. — Dan Kelly july 8, Kansas City Star, 8 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for fire hydrant

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Noun

Some hydrants were jammed up by freezing temperatures; the blaze was contained in part because of a fireboat that Collins had funded.

— Emma Green, New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2026
There’s the fire-hydrant physique, a flat bat path that stays in the zone longer than those of other hitters and lightning-quick hands that often prove to be the difference between making contact and doing damage.

— C. Trent Rosecrans, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of hydrant

Noun

NuCube previously partnered with Canadian Nuclear Laboratories to examine how heat pipes endure stress at temperatures surpassing 900°C (1,652°F).

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026
The bit caught a pipe strap and wrenched him off a ladder, tearing off his thumb and mangling his hand.

— Joe Rubin, Sacbee.com, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of pipe

Noun

Hundreds of acres of land owned by the Port were rezoned for industrial use, hooked up to new water and waste pipes, and powered by substations installed near the Port after Neal lobbied the local utilities.

— Sean Patrick Cooper, Rolling Stone, 24 Nov. 2025
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

Definition of waste pipe

Noun

Think about squeezing just the very end of a full tube of toothpaste, Jimenez said.

— Erica Sloan, Washington Post, 10 Oct. 2026
Briscoe, for instance, has found that in neural-tube patterning there are two ways of reaching the same place in the landscape — a finding that reconciled previously contradictory observations.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of tube

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In 2022, large amounts of asbestos were found in the air ducts of the museum’s Van der Steur and Bodon buildings, as well as behind the wood paneling in the Van der Steur building.

— Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 30 Sep. 2026
So they were all gathered in the trap room under the stage, which was surprisingly warm because heating ducts ran beneath it and heat rises.

— Tom Drury, Harpers Magazine, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of duct

Noun

Kabila's new Front for the Refoundation of the Nation, or FRN, includes rebel groups formerly united under the Congo River Alliance, whose former leader Corneille Nangaa will serve as one of the new coalition's two vice presidents.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 14 Oct. 2026
When even the CEOs of the companies leading the AI race warn of the risk of potentially losing control of their own technology, the need for leaders who approach its adoption with caution, accountability, and sound judgement has never been so clear.

— Rumman Chowdhury, Vogue, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of leader

Noun

The organization is helping provide fliers the family can use to canvas the area and will serve as a conduit with law enforcement while determining what other assistance the family needs.

— Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2026
That included the East-West Pipeline, the main conduit Saudi Arabia has used to circumvent Iranian and American closures of the Strait of Hormuz.

— Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of conduit

Noun

His fireplug vitality surrendered only to his untamed playing, boogie feel and volumes upon volumes of mesmerizing riffs.

— Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 25 May 2025
At 41 inches tall and 161 pounds per side, this fireplug of a speaker delivers impressive dynamic range at realistic (live music) levels and will admirably fill all but the most gigantic spaces with detailed yet unfatiguing sound.

— Robert Ross, Robb Report, 26 Mar. 2025

Definition of fireplug

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