fire hydrant

noun

: a pipe usually in the street that provides water especially for putting out fires

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Recent Examples on the Web

In adjacent El Dorado County in the Sierra foothills, then-Placerville Mayor Michael Saragosa lost his home insurance two years ago despite living near two fire hydrants and a fire station. —George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2024

Heading over to the new crime scene, the officer learned from witnesses that the car crashed into a fire hydrant, and a man matching Cousins’ description hopped out and ran away. —Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 22 May 2024

The woman jumped out of the moving truck, which rolled into a fire hydrant, and tried to run away, police said. —Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 9 May 2024

One driver hit a fire hydrant and water flooded the intersection. —Kira Caspers, The Arizona Republic, 8 May 2024

Adibi stopped on the 800 block of Burlingame Avenue to remove the fire hydrant, prosecutors said, but other residents stopped him from leaving until police arrived and arrested him. —Nollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2024

In lieu of a set of numbers that can be located via smartphone, residents give a street name and describe features of their homes — the color of shingles, the proximity of fire hydrants — to help visitors and delivery workers navigate to their front doors. —Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2024

The company has increased setbacks to the project to no less than 130 feet from the nearest residence, expanded the spacing between containers to further reduce the risk of fires spreading and promised to add more fire hydrants in the area. —Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2024

In some neighborhoods, people plan to dig out fire hydrants to stop them from being buried too deep in snow. —Ethan Baron, The Mercury News, 29 Feb. 2024