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DictionaryhoseFlexible fluid tube
noun / verb

hose

HOHZ/həʊz/

A flexible tube for carrying fluid, or to spray fluid through one.

She uses a garden hose to water the tomato plants.

A coiled flexible garden hose carries water from a tap to a nozzle spraying a small plant.
Etymology
hoseOld Englishcovering for the leg

A hose was originally a leg covering or stocking. Its stocking-like tubular shape supplied the connection to a flexible tube for carrying liquid.

In context

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after rinsing off the soap with the hose Dee scrapes off the excess water with a scraper
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More examples

  • A flexible hose carries fuel from the tank to the engine.
  • We hose down the patio after sweeping it.
  • He hosed the mud off his boots.

Forms

hose · hoses · hosed · hosing

Similar words

tube
A broader term that includes both flexible and rigid structures.
pipe
Usually rigid, unlike a hose that bends easily.
spray
Describes dispersing liquid in droplets, not necessarily through a hose.