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Rarefirehose
The correct spelling is firehose.
How to pronounce firehose
noun
Say it like: Fir-eho-se
The correct spelling is firehose. A hose designed to deliver water to douse a fire, usually much stronger and wider in diameter than a garden hose. For example: "She felt she was standing in front of a fire hose of instructions, trying to absorb them all with a sponge."
Usage Examples
“She felt she was standing in front of a fire hose of instructions, trying to absorb them all with a sponge.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A hose designed to deliver water to douse a fire, usually much stronger and wider in diameter than a garden hose.
- 2.Any fast, heavy stream (e.g. of information).
- 3.A feed of all updates to a website.
- 4.A human penis.
- 5.An fast-flowing unsupported flow of lava escaping from a solid rockface.
verb
- 1.To wash something down with a firehose; to douse with a large amount of water (or chemical agent) sprayed from a hose, to extinguish a fire.
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