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hy·drant

(hī′drənt)

A fire hydrant.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

hydrant

(ˈhaɪdrənt)

(General Engineering) an outlet from a water main, usually consisting of an upright pipe with a valve attached, from which water can be tapped for fighting fires. See also fire hydrant

[C19: from hydro- + -ant]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

hy•drant

(ˈhaɪ drənt)

n.

1. an upright pipe with a spout or nozzle, usu. in the street, for drawing water from a water main, esp. for fighting fires.

2. a water faucet.

[1800–10, Amer.; hydr-¹ + -ant]

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Noun	1.	hydrant - a faucet for drawing water from a pipe or cask water faucet, water tap, tap faucet, spigot - a regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a reservoir plumbing fixture - a fixture for the distribution and use of water in a building
	2.	hydrant - a discharge pipe with a valve and spout at which water may be drawn from the mains of waterworks discharge pipe - a pipe through which fluids can be discharged fire hydrant, fireplug, plug - an upright hydrant for drawing water to use in fighting a fire

Translations

حَنَفِيَّة حَريق

hydrant

brandhane

Hydrant

bouche d'incendie

tûzcsaputcai tûzcsap

brunahani

idrante

hidrantas

hidrants

brannkran hydrant

hydrant

yangın musluğu

消防栓给水栓

hydrant

[ˈhaɪdrənt] N → boca f de riego
fire hydrant → boca f de incendios

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

hydrant

[ˈhaɪdrənt] n (also fire hydrant) → bouche f d'incendie

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

hydrant

n → Hydrant m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

hydrant

[ˈhaɪdr/ənt] n (also fire hydrant) → idrante m

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

hydrant

(ˈhaidrənt) noun

a pipe connected to the main water supply especially in a street, to which a hose can be attached in order to draw water off eg to put out a fire.

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They walked back toward Beacon Street, and near the club Archer caught sight of the plush-lined "herdic" which had carried his note to the Parker House, and whose driver was reposing from this effort by bathing his brow at the corner hydrant.

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or I'll make you leak till folks'll think your father was a water hydrant and your mother a sprinkling-cart.

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They would have to renew the insurance every year; they would have to pay the taxes, about ten dollars a year; they would have to pay the water tax, about six dollars a year--(Jurgis silently resolved to shut off the hydrant).

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He is of the opinion that water management in the state needs a standard operating procedure pertaining to fire hydrant management so that water supply problem does not happen in times of emergency.

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