STOPCOCK

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Faucet consisting of a rotating device for regulating flow of a liquid

Synonyms:

cock; stopcock; turncock

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("stopcock" is a kind of...):

faucet; spigot (a regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a reservoir)

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