fireplug
/ˈfaɪ(ə)plʌɡ/noun
fireplug is a noun meaning “A fire hydrant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-I-R-E-P-L-U-G, and it appears about once in every 63 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of fireplug is fireplugs.
What does fireplug mean?
noun
- 1
A fire hydrant.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce fireplug?
- /ˈfaɪ(ə)plʌɡ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-fireplug.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of fireplug
- fireplugs plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is fireplug?
Fireplug appears about once in every 63 million words in written English, the 249,463rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does fireplug come from?
From fire + plug, referring to the system used prior to fire hydrants, in which a large plug was placed into a hole in the water main, then covered with a barrel. The plug was removed when water was needed.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).