Definition of hydrant in English:
hydrant
noun ˈhʌɪdr(ə)ntˈhaɪdrənt
A fitting in a street or other public place with a nozzle by which a hose may be attached to a water main.
Example sentencesExamples
- The firemen could not find the hydrants at first.
- Kids open the hydrants to cool off without paying.
- Originally, extinguishing systems included hydrants and standpipes to assist manual efforts.
- There is a chance of residents losing water pressure and it can cause delays for us if we need the hydrants for firefighting.
- The fire brigade was called and tackled the blaze using water from street hydrants.
- Several hydrants were dry, including one hydrant located in the heart of the area affected by the fire.
- He said the installation of some 62 new hydrants would be completed by this week.
- The problem of teenagers turning on emergency hydrants during this week's sunshine to cool off in the spray has become so serious in Salford that a government-led summit has been organised to discuss how to deal with the culprits.
- During both fires, which occurred simultaneously at 11pm on Friday, firemen faced a severe shortage of water, leaking hoses and dry hydrants.
- The hydrants were not working and the hoses the fire officers were using to extinguish the blaze were riddled with holes.
- Up the street, other kids had turned on the hydrant.
- Outside on the streets the water hydrants dribbled miserably after entertaining shrieking Hispanic kids all day long in exuberant gushes.
- The fire hydrants at the complex were too old to provide enough water pressure so fire crews tapped into a 12-inch main nearby.
- Therefore, water can still be drawn from external sources such as hydrants, pipes, and wells.
- Strewn across the street were the bodies of policemen and firemen; a hose snaked down the street from a hydrant out of sight, spouting water with nobody to man it.
- A method for inspecting the integrity of a water pipeline system is disclosed wherein water hydrants can be used to access the system.
- The buried valve allowing them to drain and avoid freezing can allow bacterially contaminated water to be drawn into the riser pipe leading to the hydrant.
- In 1985, we installed buried irrigation pipes leading from the pond to fourteen hydrants.
- The plaintiff accidentally struck a water hydrant whilst manoeuvring his vehicle, causing water to flow out.
- Inadequate water pressure from the District's hydrants could be putting lives at risk.
- The company intends to make the water hydrants more secure in future.
Origin
Early 19th century (originally US): formed irregularly from hydro- 'relating to water' + -ant.