hosepipe

Questions about hosepipe

What does hosepipe mean?

hosepipe means "a flexible pipe for conveying a liquid or gas".

How many syllables are in hosepipe?

hosepipe has 3 syllables: ho-se-pipe. The stress falls on "ho".

What is another word for hosepipe?

Close synonyms include hose. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hosepipe a common word?

hosepipe is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.