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Meanings of fire hydrant in English

Russian
пожарный гидрант
Portuguese
boca de incêndio
Spanish
hidrante de incendio
Catalan
hidrant d'incendi
Wikidata

Connection point by which firefighters can tap into a water supply.

пожарный гидрант
Portuguese
hidrante
Catalan
boca d'incendis

An upright hydrant for drawing water to use in fighting a fire.

hidrante
Synonyms
Examples for "plug"
Examples for "plug"
1
Increased cash contributions to plug its pension fund is yet another problem.
The Guardian
2
The new rooms will help plug Manila's chronic shortage of quality accommodation.
Reuters
3
For the government, the money raised will help plug the fiscal deficit.
Reuters
4
ESPN, nervous about political editorializing in an election year, pulled the plug.
Wired
5
But is the rest of Europe really prepared to pull the plug?
Reuters
1
She spotted the fireplug the kidnapper had mentioned on the phone.
The abduction
2
She was a tough wisecracking fireplug of a lady, openly lesbian, famously so.
Secret of the seventh son
3
He was just under five feet, and built like a fireplug.
Four to score
4
The guard was the biggest turtleneck there, with a neck like a fireplug.
Dangerous Women
5
Barbie would have known that no-nonsense little fireplug anywhere.
Under the dome: a novel
Usage of fire hydrant in English
1
Mark said nothing about the fact she'd parked close to a fire hydrant.
Exposure
2
A police car was parked in front alongside a fire hydrant.
One night stands & lost weekends
3
A tranquil cylinder of dignified & reassuring as the fire hydrant.
The new yorker
4
Facebook Twitter Pinterest Riding through the spray from a fire hydrant.
The Guardian
5
Every fire hydrant on that side of the street was stripped.
Carrie
6
The blood started spurting from her arm like water from a fire hydrant.
Nightlight
7
He's about my height, five foot seven, but as solid as a fire hydrant.
The Girl I Used to Be
8
Drivers also can't stop within 1m of a fire hydrant.
News.com.au
9
He'd linger at a fire hydrant and then try to dart across an intersection.
Huck: the remarkable true story of how one lost puppy taught a f...
10
I found a half-legal space around the corner, not quite blocking a fire hydrant.
Body work
11
It wasn't much bigger than an old Earth fire hydrant.
Cibola Burn
12
The truck wobbled through a clumsy doughnut turn and slammed into a fire hydrant.
Dearly Devoted Dexter
13
His eyes and hair were black, his body a fire hydrant, short and thick.
Grave Secrets
14
The fire hydrant experiment was first done in the sixties, and replicated several times since.
The black swan: the impact of the highly improbable
15
On the way home, Rhoda sideswiped a fire hydrant.
God don't like ugly
16
The Pinto struck a fire hydrant and flipped over with a great tearing of metal.
Carrion comfort