Hose

Meaning of Hose

noun
  1. a flexible tube conveying water, used chiefly for watering plants and in firefighting.
    a sprinkler hose
  2. stockings, socks, and tights (especially in commercial use).
    her hose had been laddered
verb
  1. water or spray with a hose.
    he was hosing down the driveway
    firefighters spent hours hosing the flaming building

Old English hosa, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hoos ‘stocking, water hose’ and German Hosen ‘trousers’. Originally singular, the term denoted a covering for the leg, sometimes including the foot but sometimes reaching only to the ankle.

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Hyphenation of Hose

Hose

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
  • Hose is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

Hose synonyms

Meaning hosiery:

hosiery

Meaning hosepipe:

hosepipe

Meaning a tube used to convey water, gas, oil, or other fluid substances:

pipe

Meaning lengths of pipe made of metal, plastic, or other materials:

piping

Meaning a long, hollow cylinder of metal, plastic, glass, etc. for holding or transporting something, chiefly liquids or gases:

tube

Meaning a length or lengths of metal, plastic, glass, etc., in tubular form:

tubing

Meaning a channel for conveying water or other fluid:

conduit

Meaning a length of water wider than a strait, joining two larger areas of water, especially two seas:

channel

Meaning a long, narrow mark or band:

line

Meaning a tube or passageway in a building or machine for air, liquid, cables, etc:

duct

Meaning a pipe or hole through which water or gas may escape:

outlet

Meaning a long pipe, typically underground, for conveying oil, gas, etc. over long distances:

pipeline

Meaning a tube used to convey liquid upwards from a reservoir and then down to a lower level of its own accord. Once the liquid has been forced into the tube, typically by suction or immersion, flow continues:

siphon

Anagrams of Hose

Hoes, hoes, shoe

Words that rhyme with Hose

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