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Meanings of hydrant in English

Portuguese
torneira
Catalan
pitxolí

A faucet for drawing water from a pipe or cask.

        torneira
        Synonyms
        Examples for "tap"
        Examples for "tap"
        1
        Other companies are also using energy performance contracting to tap new business.
        Reuters
        2
        The deal will benefit both the companies tap into new income sources.
        Reuters
        3
        Use the cold water tap rather than using the geyser every time.
        The South African
        4
        As a result, water out of the tap could be strongly discoloured.
        Radio NZ
        5
        Until yesterday tests had shown negligible iodine-131 levels in Tokyo tap water.
        The Guardian
        1
        Then, that task done, she turned on the hot water faucet.
        Boy’s Life
        2
        Next morning I turned on the hot water faucet for shaving.
        Epistles from Pap: Letters from the man known as 'The Will Roger...
        3
        Setting the holder on the sink, she turned the hot- water faucet.
        Hell House
        4
        Mom turned back to the sink and twisted the hot- water faucet.
        Raising Stony Mayhall
        5
        She was thirsty and stepping to the water faucet she picked up a glass.
        Laramie Holds the Range
        1
        Use the cold water tap rather than using the geyser every time.
        The South African
        2
        Next this was a small room in which there was a water tap.
        Ashton-Kirk, Investigator
        3
        It must be soldered, he said, to a cold water tap.
        The Dawn of Amateur Radio in the U.K. and Greece: A Personal Vie...
        4
        TIRED Poorly placed hot- water tap can burn your fingers if you're not careful.
        Wired
        5
        The distilled water tap still worked, so he used it.
        The Big U
        Usage of hydrant in English
        1
        In the transmission of the heavenly waters, every hose fits every hydrant.
        Representative Men: Seven Lectures
        2
        Without gushing like an emotional hydrant, his responses always seem honest, considered.
        The Guardian
        3
        Traffic Division spotted it, abandoned, blocking a hydrant down in the Alphabets.
        Driving Heat
        4
        The only close place to park was in front of a hydrant.
        White night
        5
        Fire lashed out from my open hand like water from a broken hydrant.
        Ghost Story
        6
        Mark said nothing about the fact she'd parked close to a fire hydrant.
        Exposure
        7
        The whole top of the hydrant exploded off three different ways.
        Carrie
        8
        A police car was parked in front alongside a fire hydrant.
        One night stands & lost weekends
        9
        A piece of cold bread and a glass of water from the hydrant.
        The Man in Gray: A Romance of North and South
        10
        On the curb was a hydrant laced with light and verdigris.
        The Einstein Intersection
        11
        A tranquil cylinder of dignified & reassuring as the fire hydrant.
        The new yorker
        12
        Facebook Twitter Pinterest Riding through the spray from a fire hydrant.
        The Guardian
        13
        At that instant, three fire trucks appeared and expertly parked near the hydrant.
        Truths unveiled
        14
        Every fire hydrant on that side of the street was stripped.
        Carrie
        15
        The blood started spurting from her arm like water from a fire hydrant.
        Nightlight
        16
        I want no hydrant by my house-suchdoodads I won't keep!
        Rippling Rhymes
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        Translations for hydrant
        Portuguese
        torneira
        Catalan
        pitxolí
        Hydrant through the time
        Hydrant across language varieties
        United States of America
        Common
        United Kingdom
        Less common