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- pronunciation:
- haI
dr
 nt
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word History, Word Explorer, Word Parts
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noun |
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an upright pipe with a valve from which water can be drawn from a water main.
- similar words:
- plug
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adjective + (n.)hydrant
broken, complete, dry, nearby, open, red, short
verb + (n.)hydrant
arrive,
attach,
blast,
burst,
connect,
cover,
drink,
explode,
freeze,
hit,
inspect,
install,
jump,
lean,
locate,
maintain,
open,
paint,
paw,
piss,
place,
play,
reflect,
run,
smash,
sniff,
splash,
spray,
test,
walk,
wear
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noun + (n.)hydrant
area,
cap,
car,
city,
corner,
cover,
dog,
fire,
firefighter,
foot,
fountain,
garbage,
gauge,
grass,
gun,
hose,
ladder,
line,
mailbox,
main,
manhole,
map,
object,
oil,
park,
pipe,
pole,
pressure,
puddle,
pump,
pumper,
service,
sign,
size,
snow,
spray,
sprinkler,
station,
street,
test,
truck,
valve,
water,
zone
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Hydrant comes from an ancient Greek word, hydor, which means "water." A number of other English words contain the letters hydr-; most of them have something to do with water. Hydrogen is a word invented by a French scientist in the 1700s. It means "producing water," because hydrogen forms water when it is mixed with oxygen.
The word hydrant
contains the following parts:
hydr, hydro
Greek
root
that means water, hydrogen, liquid
  Example words:
anhydride, carbohydrate, dehydrate, dehydrogenate, hydra, Hydra, hydrangea, hydrant, hydraulic, hydraulics, hydrazine, hydric, hydride, hydrocarbon, hydrocephalus, hydrocyanic acid, hydrodynamics, hydroelectric, hydrofluoric acid, hydrofoil, hydrogen, hydrography, hydroid, hydrolysis, hydrometer, hydropathy, hydrophobia, hydrophyte, hydroplane, hydroponics, hydrosphere, hydrostatics, hydrotherapeutics, hydrotherapy, hydrotropism, hydrous, hydroxide, hydrozoan, magnetohydrodynamics, oxyhydrogen
- synonyms:
- aqu, aqua
-ant, -ent
Latin
adjective- and noun-forming suffix
that means (in adjectives) doing the action denoted by the verb root; (in nouns) one who or that which does the action denoted by the verb root.
More about this word part:
The suffix -ant
, -ent
forms adjectives and, to a much lesser extent, nouns from Latin verb stems such as fid in confident
and stud in student
. This suffix is the equivalent in Latin of the "-ing" inflection in English. Many adjectives ending in -ant
, -ent
have a corresponding noun ending in -ance, -ence, -ancy, -ency.
Example words:
aberrant, accident, accidental, adherent, adjacent, affluent, agent, alterant, ambient, antecedent, applicant, arrogant, benevolent, coherent, combatant, complacent, confidant, confident, consequent, consultant, continent, conversant, current, defoliant, dependent, different, disinfectant, dissonant, dominant, efficient, eloquent, equilibrant, exorbitant, extravagant, fluent, hydrant, ignorant, important, inadvertent, incessant, incognizant, inconsonant, indignant, informant, itinerant, malevolent, miscreant, parent, participant, patient, precedent, predominant, president, prudent, pungent, recreant, reluctant, repugnant, resident, resonant, servant, significant, student, tenant, transcendent, vacant, vagrant, variant, verdant
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