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petcock
or pet cock
[ pet-kok ]
/ ˈpɛtˌkɒk /
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noun
a small valve or faucet, as for draining off excess or waste material from the cylinder of a steam engine or an internal-combustion engine.
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Words nearby petcock
pétanque, petard, petasus, petaurist, Petavius, petcock, Pet.E., petechia, petechial, petechial hemorrhage, petechiate
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How to use petcock in a sentence
One crawled in and settled down, and turned the petcock that inflated the cover.
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British Dictionary definitions for petcock
petcock
/ (ˈpɛtˌkɒk) /
noun
a small valve for checking the water level in a steam boiler or draining condensed steam from the cylinder of a steam engine
Word Origin for petcock
C19: from pet 1 or perhaps French pet, from péter to break wind + cock 1
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