- plural of hydrant.
Example Sentences
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Hydrants functioned at lower elevations, but in hillier areas like the Palisades Highlands — where the storage tanks hold water that flows by gravity to communities below — they ran dry.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2025
Hydrants make particularly good pit stops because they’re often cast iron, which corrodes slower than other types of metal.
From Slate • Oct. 7, 2023
Hydrants, he added, temporarily lost pressure after power lines fell, cutting electricity to pumps, and a backup generator burned.
From Washington Post
Hydrants were opened, women were dancing to salsa blaring from a boom box on the cement.
From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez
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Valves and Hydrants, warranted to give perfect satisfaction.