Definitions for hydrant

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hydrant hy·drant

Spelling: [hahy-druh nt]

IPA: /ˈhaɪ drənt/

Hydrant is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 144 anagrams from letters in hydrant (adhnrty).

Definitions for hydrant

noun

1. an upright pipe with a spout, nozzle, or other outlet, usually in the street, for drawing water from a main or service pipe, especially for fighting fires.
2. a water faucet.

Origin of hydrant

An Americanism dating back to 1800-10; hydr-¹ + -ant

Examples for hydrant

The boys of the block were holding a meeting at the hydrant.

Penrod and Herman rose and went out to the hydrant, where they drank long and ardently.

Ristofalo bade him roll the barrel on its chine to the rear and stand it by the hydrant.

Now they will connect it with the hydrant, and have water a-plenty to save the house.

We want a sewer here, a bridge there, a lamp-post or a hydrant yonder.

If it had been attached to the hydrant, he would have taken it with him.

A hydrant and a piece of iron pipe might be the very thing he would need.

During this time the cabbage under the hydrant will be growing cold.

It was with a sickened heart that I stepped down from the hydrant.

The hydrant has about the same lower connections as the street-washer.