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• hose — /hoʊz / (say hohz) noun 1. a flexible tube for conveying water, etc., to a desired point: a garden hose. 2. (plural hose or, Archaic, hosen) (construed as plural) an article of clothing for the foot and lower part of the leg; stockings, tights,… …  

• Hose (tubing) — A hose is a hollow tube designed to carry fluids from one location to another. Hoses are also sometimes called tube or pipes (the word pipe usually refers to a rigid tube, whereas a hose is usually a flexible one), or more generally tubing . The… …   Wikipedia

• hose — n. & v. n. 1 (also hose pipe) a flexible tube conveying water for watering plants etc., putting out fires, etc. 2 a (collect.; as pl.) stockings and socks (esp. in trade use). b hist. breeches (doublet and hose). v.tr. 1 (often foll. by down)… …   Useful english dictionary

• hose — hose1 [həuz US houz] n [: Old English; Origin: hosa leg covering ] 1.) BrE a long rubber or plastic tube which can be moved and bent to put water onto fires, gardens etc British Equivalent: hosepipe 2.) [U] ↑tights, ↑stockings, or socks used… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• hose — 1 noun (C, U) 1 BrE a long rubber or plastic tube which can be moved and bent to put water onto fires, gardens etc; hosepipe BrE 2 a word meaning tights, stockings (1), or socks, used especially in shops 3 tight fitting trousers worn by men in… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Trunk hose — Trunk Trunk, n. [F. tronc, L. truncus, fr. truncus maimed, mutilated; perhaps akin to torquere to twist wrench, and E. torture. Trunk in the sense of proboscis is fr. F. trompe (the same word as trompe a trumpet), but has been confused in English …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• garden hose — noun a) A type of hose used for light residential applications such as watering lawns or gardens, or washing and rinsing passenger vehicles, etc. b) A length of hose as above, usually with a male connector on one end and a female connector on the …   Wiktionary

• Scupper hose — Scupper Scup per, n. [OF. escopir, escupir, to spit, perhaps for escospir, L. ex + conspuere to spit upon; pref. con + spuere to spit. Cf. {Spit}, v.] (Naut.) An opening cut through the waterway and bulwarks of a ship, so that water falling on… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Powder hose — Powder Pow der, n. [OE. poudre, pouldre, F. poudre, OF. also poldre, puldre, L. pulvis, pulveris: cf. pollen fine flour, mill dust, E. pollen. Cf. {Polverine}, {Pulverize}.] 1. The fine particles to which any dry substance is reduced by pounding …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Akademie för uns Kölsche Sproch — Kölsch Gesprochen in Köln und Umgebung (Deutschland) Sprecher 250 000 bis 750 000 Linguistische Klassifikation Indogermanisch Germanisch Westgermanisch …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• air hose — n American shoes, typically loafers (leather mocca sins), worn without socks. A preppie term for a preppie sartorial convention, pun ning on the American sense of hose meaning socks, stockings, etc., and the compressed air pipe at a filling… …   Contemporary slang