Definition

Noun: A flexible tube, typically made of rubber or plastic, designed to convey water. Its primary purpose is for watering plants, lawns, or gardens, and it is usually connected to an outdoor tap or faucet.

Usage

A "garden hose" is a common tool for outdoor watering tasks. It is typically stored on a reel or hanger when not in use. - It is used with the verbs: use, connect, attach, coil, unwind, spray, water with. - It is often described with adjectives like: long, green, new, leaking, coiled, kinked.

Examples

• Noun:
  • Please remember to turn off the water and coil the garden hose after you finish watering the flowers.
  • We need a longer garden hose to reach the vegetable patch at the back of the yard.
  • A kink in the garden hose stopped the water flow.

Advanced Usage

• "to be on the garden hose": This informal phrase can describe the act of using the hose.
  • I'll be on the garden hose for the next hour, so the water pressure in the house might be low.
• The term can be used metonymically to refer to the activity of watering.
  • My Saturday morning chore is garden hose duty.

Variants and Related Words

• Hose (n): The general term for a flexible tube conveying liquid or gas. A "garden hose" is a specific type of hose.
• Soaker hose (n): A porous hose that allows water to seep out along its length, used for irrigation.
• Sprinkler (n): A device attached to a hose to distribute water in a spray.

Synonyms

• Water hose: A more general synonym.
• Lawn hose: A less common variant emphasizing use on grass.

Related Phrases

• To hose down: To wash or clean something using a hose.
  • After the party, we had to hose down the patio.
• To run the hose: To operate the garden hose.
  • Can you run the hose over the car? It's very dusty.

Noun

1. a hose used for watering a lawn or garden