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Fireplug

Definition: Fireplug

Fireplug

Noun

1. An upright hydrant for drawing water to use in fighting a fire.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

 

Specialty Definition: Fireplug

DomainDefinition

Public Administration

Hydrant that fire departments connect to get a supply of water to extinguish fire. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Fireplug

Synonyms: fire hydrant (n), plug (n). (additional references)

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Commercial Usage: Fireplug

DomainTitle

Books

  • Caught Between the Dog and the Fireplug, Or, How to Survive Public Service (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Fireplug

Photos:
Fireplug

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Fireplug

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

fireplug

15
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Modern Translation: Fireplug

Language Translations for "fireplug"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Bulgarian 

  

пожарен кран (fire-cock, plug). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

paloposti (hydrant). (various references)

   

French

  

prise d'eau pour incendie (fire hydrant), prise d'eau d'incendie (fire hydrant). (various references)

   

German

  

Hydrant (hydrant, plug). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

vízcsap (drinking fountain, faucet, hydrant, water tap), tûzoltó csap (fire tap). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ireplugfay.(various references)

   

Russian 

  

гидрант (fire-plug, hydrant). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

slavina za gašenje požara. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

brandpost (hydrant). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

yangın musluğu (hydrant, plug). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Fireplug

Derivations

Words beginning with "fireplug": fireplugs. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Fireplug

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-f-g-i-l-p-r-u"

-1 letter: gulfier, gulpier.

-2 letters: figure, gluier, gulper, ireful, ligure, pilfer, purfle, reguli, uglier.

-3 letters: filer, flier, fugle, gluer, grief, gripe, gruel, guile, lifer, liger, luger, peril, plier, puler, purge, rifle.

-4 letters: file, fire, flip, flue, frig, frug, fuel, furl, girl, glue, grip, grue, gulf, gulp, iglu, lief, lier, lieu, life, lipe, lire, luge, lure, pelf.

 Words containing the letters "e-f-g-i-l-p-r-u"
 

+1 letter: fireplugs.

 

+3 letters: prestigeful.

 

+5 letters: prequalifying.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Images: Slideshow
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Derivations
8. Anagrams
9. Bibliography


  

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