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garden hose

noun

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  1. A type of hose used for light residential applications such as watering lawns or gardens,…

    A type of hose used for light residential applications such as watering lawns or gardens, or washing and rinsing passenger vehicles, etc.

    • Mayor Scott also made himself useful, and, with a number of others, so manipulated a garden hose that the flames were prevented from spreading to the electric light buildings, which were only a few feet distant.
    • I'm not sure what that reason was either, but he needed about 500 feet of garden hose. I said, "Okay, I'll trade you the garden hose for two pallets of sandbags. And I need them trucked over there to Qua Viet."

  2. A length of hose as above, usually with a male connector on one end and a female…

    A length of hose as above, usually with a male connector on one end and a female connector on the other end, which can carry water from a hose bib (a water faucet or spigot usually located on an exterior wall of a house or other building) for use on a garden or lawn.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA