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dry hydrant

dry hydrant noun: a fire hydrant with a valve near the water main that keeps the barrel of the hydrant dry until needed, to prevent water freezing inside it.

Noun

dry hydrant (plural dry hydrants)

  1. A fire hydrant with a valve near the water main that keeps the barrel of the hydrant dry until needed, to prevent water freezing inside it.

Forms of dry hydrant

pluraldry hydrants

Questions about dry hydrant

What does dry hydrant mean?
Dry hydrant means a fire hydrant with a valve near the water main that keeps the barrel of the hydrant dry until needed, to prevent water freezing inside it.
What part of speech is dry hydrant?
Dry hydrant is a noun.
What is the plural of dry hydrant?
The plural of dry hydrant is dry hydrants.

Words near dry hydrant in the dictionary

  1. dry humour
  2. dry hump
  3. dry humped
  4. dry humping
  5. dry humps
  6. dry hydrant
  7. dry hydrants
  8. dry ice
  9. Dry January
  10. dry jogger
  11. dry joggers

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