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fire hydrant

noun as in emergency water connection on street

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Example Sentences

He went to the bathroom on the designated patch of turf grass decorated with a fire hydrant.

This could be a water tank, for fires where it will not have access to fire hydrants.

The blocking of fire hydrants, bus stops, bike lanes or handicap parking spaces is prohibited.

It seems like the world is trying to put out a house fire with a garden hose when a perfectly good fire hydrant is available just next door.

From Time

I remember walking around my hometown of Longview, Washington, tremendously excited about the fire hydrants that had been painted in celebration of our nation’s bicentennial.

From Ozy

Some punk city kids crack open a fire hydrant and are playing in its spray.

The water deepened quickly and was almost covering a fire hydrant within 100 yards.

The Fire Hydrant: Starting on all fours, I lifted my leg like a dog relieving himself, and then extended that leg behind me.

Shoeless, he ran into the car and barreled out of the driveway before careening off a fire hydrant and then smashing into a tree.

Yes, you will still have TMZ on your front lawn (or camped out by the broken fire hydrant).

I whispered to Westy, That would be a good place for the inventor to park, in front of a fire hydrant.

And Mrs. Garvey turns the color of a fire hydrant clear up into her permanent wave.

Now there's no doubt of his achievin' a pink-plus set of wavy locks that'll make a fresh-painted fire hydrant look faded.

Ex-private William E. Peck sat down on a fire hydrant and cursed with rage.

Then she seized my arm—thereby almost wrecking us against a fire hydrant—and clung to me, sobbing.

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On this page you'll find 3 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to fire hydrant, such as: fireplug, hydrant, and johnny pump.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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