fire hydrant

3 definitions found

fire hydrant - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  fire hydrant \fire hydrant\ n.
     an upright hydrant that can supply large volumes of water to
     use in fighting a fire. They are commonly placed at intervals
     at the street edge of a sidewalk, spaced for convenience in
     suppressing fires in towns.
  
     Syn: fireplug, plug.
          [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

fire hydrant - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  fire hydrant
      n 1: an upright hydrant for drawing water to use in fighting a
           fire [syn: fireplug, fire hydrant, plug]

fire hydrant - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  30 Moby Thesaurus words for "fire hydrant":
     Foamite, acid, automatic sprinkler, carbon tet,
     carbon tetrachloride, carbon-dioxide foam, deck gun, deluge set,
     extinguisher, fire apparatus, fire engine, fire hose, fireplug,
     foam, foam extinguisher, hook-and-ladder, hydrant, ladder pipe,
     plug, pumper, snorkel, soda, sprinkler, sprinkler head,
     sprinkler system, super-pumper, water, water cannon, water plug,
     wet blanket