| NOUN | artifact | hose, hosiery | socks and stockings and tights collectively (the British include underwear) |
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| artifact | hose | man's close-fitting garment of the 16th and 17th centuries covering the legs and reaching up to the waist | |
| artifact | hose, hosepipe | a flexible pipe for conveying a liquid / liquid or gas | |
| VERB | change | hose, hose down | water with a hose |
| Sounds | hhow'z | |
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| Rhymes | Ambrose ... Windows: 49 rhymes with owz... | |
| Meaning | socks and stockings and tights collectively (the British include underwear). | |
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| Synonym | hosiery | |
| Region | United Kingdom, UK, U.K., Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Great Britain | A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles |
| Narrower | sock | hosiery consisting of a cloth covering for the foot |
| stocking | close-fitting hosiery to cover the foot and leg | |
| tights, leotards | skintight knit hose covering the body from the waist to the feet worn by acrobats and dancers and as stockings by women and girls | |
| Broader | footwear | clothing worn on a person's feet |
| Spanish | calcetería | |
| Catalan | calceteria | |
| Meaning | man's close-fitting garment of the 16th and 17th centuries covering the legs and reaching up to the waist; worn with a doublet. | |
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| Broader | garment | An article of clothing |
| Meaning | A flexible pipe for conveying a liquid / liquid or gas. | |
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| Synonym | hosepipe | |
| Narrower | airline, air hose | A hose that carries air under pressure |
| fire hose | A large hose that carries water from a fire hydrant to the site of the fire | |
| garden hose | A hose used for watering a lawn or garden | |
| radiator hose | A flexible hose between the radiator and the engine block | |
| water cannon, watercannon | A hose (carried on a truck) that fires water under high pressure to disperse crowds (especially crowds of rioters) | |
| Broader | tube, tubing | conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids / liquids or gases |
| Spanish | manguera | |
| Catalan | mànega | |
| Verbs | hose | water with a hose |
| Meaning | water with a hose. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "hose the lawn" | |
| Synonym | hose down | |
| Broader | water, irrigate | Supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams |
| Spanish | lavar con manguera | |
| Nouns | hose | a flexible pipe for conveying a liquid / liquid or gas |
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