SIAMESE CONNECTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does siamese connection mean? 

• SIAMESE CONNECTION (noun)
  The noun SIAMESE CONNECTION has 1 sense:

1. an inlet with two or more couplings to which a hose can be attached so that fire engines can pump water into the sprinkler system of a building

  Familiarity information: SIAMESE CONNECTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SIAMESE CONNECTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An inlet with two or more couplings to which a hose can be attached so that fire engines can pump water into the sprinkler system of a building

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

siamese; siamese connection

Hypernyms ("siamese connection" is a kind of...):

inlet; intake (an opening through which fluid is admitted to a tube or container)

Holonyms ("siamese connection" is a part of...):

sprinkler system (a system for extinguishing fires; water from a network of overhead pipes is released through nozzles that open automatically with the rise in temperature)