Thesaurus results for FIREPLUG

fireplug

noun

Definition of fireplug

as in hydrant

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Recent Examples of fireplug His fireplug vitality surrendered only to his untamed playing, boogie feel and volumes upon volumes of mesmerizing riffs. — Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 25 May 2025 At 41 inches tall and 161 pounds per side, this fireplug of a speaker delivers impressive dynamic range at realistic (live music) levels and will admirably fill all but the most gigantic spaces with detailed yet unfatiguing sound. — Robert Ross, Robb Report, 26 Mar. 2025 The newest member of the new-look Red Sox is an aggressive, fireplug of a player, which is why Cora keeps comparing him to the sainted Dustin Pedroia. — Steve Buckley, The Athletic, 15 Feb. 2025 Not bad for a 5-9, 165-pound fireplug from southeastern Massachusetts. — BostonGlobe.com, 31 Oct. 2021 Butler was a fireplug of man, with glasses and a thick neck, wearing a sharply creased dress white uniform that seemed to almost gleam under the courtroom’s fluorescent lights. — T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, 20 Dec. 2019

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Noun

Mobile is obtaining water from an unapproved non-potable water source/hydrant.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
Some hydrants were jammed up by freezing temperatures; the blaze was contained in part because of a fireboat that Collins had funded.

— Emma Green, New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of hydrant

Noun

The mollusks can form dense colonies that clog pipes, obstruct water flow and foul boat motors.

— Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Prolonged pump stoppages could lead to a disastrous local scenario of ruptured water supply, district heating, and sewage pipes, even if electricity remains available elsewhere in the country.

— Tatiana Mitrova, Foreign Affairs, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of pipe

Noun

The video shows the man backing into a parking spot near a fire hydrant before a plainclothes federal law enforcement officer approaches the driver's side door with his gun drawn, Tisch said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026
There are also three family rooms, two ADA-friendly rooms, two nursing rooms, and a very cute pet relief area, complete with a miniature fire hydrant.

— Annita Katee, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of fire hydrant

Noun

Back in New York the doctors confirmed the cancer had spread through all the milk ducts in my left breast and a double mastectomy was my only option.

— Samantha Ciaccia, Glamour, 19 Oct. 2026
The company has not provided temperature measurements, power consumption figures or details about the cooling ducts.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2026

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