Garden hose

Garden Hose

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Garden hose

A garden hose or hosepipe is a flexible tube used to carry water. There are a number of common attachments available for the end of the hose, such as sprayers and sprinklers

Irrigation sprinkler

Irrigation sprinklers are used on farms, golf courses, residential yards, and other places to water agriculture, lawns, gardens or other plants in the event of drought....
(which are used to concentrate water at one point or over a large area).

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A garden hose or hosepipe is a flexible tube used to carry water. There are a number of common attachments available for the end of the hose, such as sprayers and sprinklers

Irrigation sprinkler

Tap (valve)

A tap is a valve for controlling the release of a liquid or gas. In the British Isles and most of the Commonwealth the word is used for any everyday type of valve, particularly the fittings that control water supply to bathtubs and sinks....
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Garden hoses are often green

Green

Green is a color, the perception of which is evoked by light having a spectrum dominated by energy with a wavelength of roughly 520?570-Nanometre....
, although they can be found in a variety of colors. Garden hoses are typically made out of synthetic rubber or soft plastic, reinforced with an internal web of fibers. As a result of these materials garden hoses are flexible and their smooth exterior facilitates pulling them past trees, posts and other obstacles. They are also generally tough enough to survive scraping on rocks and being stepped on without damage or leaking.

Typical hoses used for filling of the potable water tanks in recreational vehicle

Recreational vehicle

In North American English the term recreational vehicle, and its acronym RV, are generally used to refer to an enclosed piece of equipment dually used as both a vehicle and a temporary travel home....
s are similar to garden hoses but are made of nonporous materials that are less likely to collect bacteria

Bacteria

The Bacteria are a large group of unicellular microorganisms. Typically a few micrometres in length, bacteria have a wide range of shapes, ranging from spheres to rods and spirals....
or affect the water's taste. They are colored white as a distinguishing characteristic.

The threads (3/4" is the US standard) at each end of a typical garden hose mate with one another, which allows multiple garden hoses to be linked end-to-end to increase their length. A small rubber seal is needed in one end to prevent leakage. Sometimes these seals disintegrate or fall out of older hoses, which results in high-pressure leakage spraying from the hose.

More unconventionally, hosepipes are used as musical instruments, and eccentric composers have been known to write hosepipe pieces.

The term hosepipe is chiefly British, South African and southern U.S. usage; garden hose (more commonly just hose) is the predominant term in other English-speaking countries. The term "hose" or "hosepipe" is also used for other types of flexible, water-carrying tube such as those used by fire departments.

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