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   hose

   /həʊz/

   noun

   • 1. a flexible tube conveying water, used chiefly for watering plants and in firefighting: "a sprinkler hose" Similar pipepipingtubetubingconduitchannellineductoutletpipelinesiphon
   • 2. stockings, socks, and tights (especially in commercial use): "her hose had been laddered" Similar stockingstightsstay-upsnylonshosierysocksknee socksankle sockspantyhose
   • ▪ breeches: historical "Elizabethan doublet and hose"

   verb

   • 1. water or spray with a hose: "he was hosing down the driveway"

   Word Origin Old Englishhosa, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hoos ‘stocking, water hose’ and German Hosen ‘trousers’. Originally singular, the term denoted a covering for the leg, sometimes including the foot but sometimes reaching only to the ankle.

   Scrabble Points: 7

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