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hydrant

/ˈhaɪdɹənt/

hydrant noun: an outlet from a liquid/fluid main often consisting of an upright pipe with a valve attached from which fluid (e.g. water or fuel) can be tapped.

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Noun

hydrant (plural hydrants)

  1. An outlet from a liquid/fluid main often consisting of an upright pipe with a valve attached from which fluid (e.g. water or fuel) can be tapped.
    • A horde of dirty children play about the dripping hydrant, the only thing in the alley that thinks enough of its chance to make the most of it: it is the best it can do.1890, Jacob A[ugust] Riis, “The Down Town Back-alleys”, in How the Other Half Lives: Studies among the Tenements of New York, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, page 30

hydrant meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada

hydrant in Tamil

நீர்க்குழாய் இணைச்சந்தி

hydrant in Bengali

পানির কল

hydrant in Malayalam

വെള്ളം വലിച്ചെടുക്കുന്നതിനുള്ള യന്ത്രം

hydrant in Kannada

ಬೀದಿಕೊಳಾಯಿ, ಹೆಕ್ಕೊಳಾಯಿ

Forms of hydrant

pluralhydrants

Plural of hydrant: hydrants

Origin of hydrant

An irregular formation: hydr- + -ant, originally US English. By surface analysis, hydrate + -ant.

Words formed from hydrant

Phrases with hydrant

Questions about hydrant

What does hydrant mean?
Hydrant means an outlet from a liquid/fluid main often consisting of an upright pipe with a valve attached from which fluid (e.g. water or fuel) can be tapped.
What is hydrant in Tamil?
Hydrant in Tamil is நீர்க்குழாய் இணைச்சந்தி. See Hydrant meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is hydrant?
Hydrant is a noun.
How do you pronounce hydrant?
Hydrant is pronounced /ˈhaɪdɹənt/.
What is the plural of hydrant?
The plural of hydrant is hydrants.

Words near hydrant in the dictionary

  1. hydranencephaly
  2. hydrangea
  3. hydrangeaceous
  4. hydrangeas
  5. hydrangenol
  6. hydrant
  7. hydranth
  8. hydranths
  9. hydrants
  10. hydraquent
  11. hydraquents

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: hydrant (page history and authors); hydrant (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Hydrant (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hydrant (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hydrant (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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