hydrant

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

hydrant
    n 1: a faucet for drawing water from a pipe or cask [syn: {water
         faucet}, {water tap}, {tap}, {hydrant}]
    2: a discharge pipe with a valve and spout at which water may be
       drawn from the mains of waterworks

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Hydrant \Hy"drant\, n. [Gr. ? to irrigate, fr. "y`dwr water. See
   {Hydra}.]
   A discharge pipe with a valve and spout at which water may be
   drawn from the mains of waterworks; a water plug.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

37 Moby Thesaurus words for "hydrant":
      Foamite, acid, automatic sprinkler, carbon tet,
      carbon tetrachloride, carbon-dioxide foam, cock, deck gun,
      deluge set, extinguisher, fire apparatus, fire engine, fire hose,
      fire hydrant, fireplug, foam, foam extinguisher, gate,
      hook-and-ladder, ladder pipe, petcock, plug, pumper, snorkel, soda,
      spigot, sprinkler, sprinkler head, sprinkler system, stopcock,
      super-pumper, tap, valve, water, water cannon, water plug,
      wet blanket

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