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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

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;


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]
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