fire hose
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fire hose
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From fire + hose.
noun fire hoses · firehose
- A hose designed to deliver water to douse a fire, usually much stronger and wider in diameter than a garden hose. Although the subway structure is of non-combustible material, a fire protection system, with fire hose cabinets on every underground platform, has been provided.
- Any fast, heavy stream (e.g. of information). She felt she was standing in front of a fire hose of instructions, trying to absorb them all with a sponge.
- A feed of all updates to a website. Links contained within feeds (RSS, fire hose, syndicated)
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A human penis.
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- An fast-flowing unsupported flow of lava escaping from a solid rockface.
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noun hose designed to deliver water to douse a fire
| Español | manguera de incendios |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 소방호스 sobanghoseu |
| 日本語 | 消防ホース shōbō hōsu |
| 中文 | 消防水龍 /消防水龙 xiāofáng shuǐlóng |
| Português | mangueira de incêndio |
| Français | tuyau d'incendie |
| Deutsch | Feuerwehrschlauch, Löschschlauch |
| Italiano | manichetta antincendio |
| Русский | пожа́рный шланг požárnyj šlang, брандспо́йт brandspójt, пожа́рный рука́в požárnyj rukáv |
| العربية | خُرْطُوم حَرِيق ḵurṭūm ḥarīq |
| עברית | צינור כיבוי |
noun any fast, heavy stream
| Español | chorro |
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title = {fire hose},
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