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hydrant en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈhaɪdɹənt/

Etymology

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

Meanings

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:

Forms

Deriveds

dry hydrant · fire hydrant · dehydrant

Descendants

Hydrant

Translations (4)

pt hidrante (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) · cs hydrant (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) · hu tűzcsap (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) · es hidrante (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)