faucet

[ faw-sit ]

/ ˈfɔ sɪt /

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noun

any device for controlling the flow of liquid from a pipe or the like by opening or closing an orifice; tap; cock.

Words nearby faucet

fatwood, faubourg, faucal, faucaria, fauces, faucet, fauchard, faucial, faucial tonsil, faucitis, faugh

Origin of faucet

1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French fausset peg for a vent, perhaps equivalent to fauss(er) to force in, damage, warp, literally, to falsify (< Late Latin falsāre; see false) + -et -et

regional variation note for faucet

Spigot is a common variant for faucet and is widely used in the Midland U.S. Elsewhere, faucet is more commonly used, especially in the Northern U.S.

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Examples from the Web for faucet

The Iranian threat, of course, is real, but its immediacy gets turned on and off by the Prime Minister like a faucet.
"When Netanyahu Speaks, The World Listens"|Don Futterman|January 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST
To think a rusty pipe and one faucet in my kitchen would ever be a luxury!
Across the Fruited Plain|Florence Crannell Means
Billy followed, watched his companion screw the hose to the faucet, and turn the water on.
Miss Minerva and William Green Hill|Frances Boyd Calhoun
He opened the faucet and inhaled the fragrant stream of gas.
The Literary World Seventh Reader|Various

Each mass returns to the shelf and begins another circuit of faucet, counter and table.
Europe After 8:15|H. L. Mencken, George Jean Nathan and Willard Huntington Wright
The bottle should be set in a pan of water which is constantly renewed by the small stream running from the faucet.
Mechanical Devices in the Home|Edith Louise Allen

British Dictionary definitions for faucet

faucet

/ (ˈfɔːsɪt) /

noun

a tap fitted to a barrel

US and Canadian a valve by which a fluid flow from a pipe can be controlled by opening and closing an orificeAlso called (in Britain and certain other countries): tap

Word Origin for faucet

C14: from Old French fausset, from Provençal falset, from falsar to bore

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faucet

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