garden hose
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1.5
- noun
- /ˈɡɑrdən hoʊz/
:
manguera de jardín
- My dad looked at me helplessly, and then grabbed the garden hose and began spraying the fire.
So when you turn every fire hydrant plus every citizen's got their garden hose on pretty soon.
- So when you turn every fire hydrant plus every citizen's got their garden hose on pretty soon.
- This is a garden hose two way valve.
- They're not affiliated, but if you buy a lipstick or a garden hose, then they get a portion of that revenue.
Examples
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Then we brought water to the site by tapping a main underneath it and used a garden hose.
Academic text (2000) -
Fine to turn on the garden hose.
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I take the garden hose to the car and sing to the flowers.
Fiction book (2001) -
I reach for the garden hose and shake old water out of the end.
Fiction book (2001) -
I loaned you my garden hose last August.
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Remove all dirt and debris from them with a garden hose and a stiff brush.
Blog text (34) -
Bryn had turned up one afternoon while Andy's dad dribbled water from the garden hose on his prize-winning leeks.
Fiction book (2002) -
You can easily water the plants by using a garden hose from the faucet.
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In the summer, children love to play with the garden hose and splash water everywhere.
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He used the garden hose to fill the inflatable pool in the backyard.
Synonyms
183
1.0
A long flexible tube used to carry water
2
1.4
A flexible tube made of rubber that carries water or air
1
1.9
A long flexible tube used to carry water to a garden
How Flexible
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a flexible tube used to water a garden' is directly and compositionally derivable from 'garden' (place for plants) + 'hose' (flexible pipe). This is a transparent noun–noun compound following a predictable English pattern and similar formations exist cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand it.
Etymology
The noun garden hose combines garden, a place where plants grow, and hose, a long flexible tube that carries water. People used that tube to bring water to flowers and grass, so garden hose means 'a flexible tube used to water a garden or lawn'.