garden hose

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garden hose

noun garden hoses · gardenhose · garden-hose

  1. uncountable A type of hose used for light residential applications such as watering lawns or gardens, or washing and rinsing passenger vehicles, etc. Mayor Scott also made himself useful, and, with a number of others, so manipulated a garden hose that the flames were prevented from spreading to the electric light buildings, which were only a few feet distant.

    Similar: hosepipe

  2. countable A length of hose as above, usually with a male connector on one end and a female connector on the other end, which can carry water from a hose bib (a water faucet or spigot usually located on an exterior wall of a house or other building) for use on a garden or lawn.

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noun length of hose

DeutschGartenschlauch

noun type of hose

DeutschGartenschlauch

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@misc{garden_hose_2026,
  title = {garden hose},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/garden%20hose},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}