American English pronunciation

How to pronounce hose

IPA transcription: ['hoʊz]

Hear “hose” pronounced

['hoʊz]

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['hoʊz]

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['hoʊz]

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Noun

  • socks and stockings and tights collectively (the British include underwear)

  • man's close-fitting garment of the 16th and 17th centuries covering the legs and reaching up to the waist; worn with a doublet

  • a flexible pipe for conveying a liquid or gas

Verb

  • water with a hose

    “hose the lawn”

Usage examples

  • When I had my sheep, I was happy, and I made those around me happy.
  • Subsequently, the word 'cateran' came to refer to those Highland bandits or malefactors.
  • The Pacers had seven days to match the offer, and they chose not to.
  • Back in those days, it went really well for the city.
  • Those words were the cue for the actor to leave.
  • He took Laomedon, the governor of those provinces, prisoner.
  • Those women are all card sharks, don't be fooled.
  • Those fellows are there for nothing but trouble - give it to them!
  • It is a plant whose pseudo-bulbs can reach lengths.
  • Some of those who saw its flight say it travelled with a hissing sound.