water plug

American  

noun

1. a fireplug; hydrant.

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Example Sentences

You fill the pot with water, plug the circulator in, choose a temperature, and press go.

From Salon • May 20, 2017

A powerful steam engine had arrived at the fire and had simply removed Anderson’s hose from its water plug.

From "The Great Fire" by Jim Murphy

He said this between gasps as he tugged at the water plug with the wrench.

From In the Heart of a Fool by White, William Allen

Beside the station house there was a blue-grass plot, protected by a red plank fence, and six fly-bitten box-elder trees, not much larger than bushes, were kept alive by frequent hosings from the water plug.

From The Song of the Lark by Cather, Willa Sibert

At midnight McManus strolled around a pile of lumber near an East Side dock, and lingered in the vicinity of a certain water plug.

From Strictly business: more stories of the four million by Henry, O.