Faucet

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Faucet \Fau"cet\, n. [F. fausset, perh. fr. L. fauces throat.]
     1. A fixture for drawing a liquid, as water, molasses, oil,
        etc., from a pipe, cask, or other vessel, in such
        quantities as may be desired; -- called also {tap}, and
        {cock}. It consists of a tubular spout, stopped with a
        movable plug, spigot, valve, or slide.


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     2. The enlarged end of a section of pipe which receives the
        spigot end of the next section.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  faucet
       n : a regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a
           reservoir

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  31 Moby Thesaurus words for "faucet":
     ball cock, ball valve, bung, bunghole, check valve, cock, cork,
     drain cock, draw cock, gate, hydrant, lid, needle valve, peg,
     petcock, pin, plug, sea cock, spigot, spike, spile, spill, stop,
     stopcock, stopgap, stopper, stopple, tap, valve, valvula,
     valvule