Faucet

English

Noun

Faucet (plural Faucets)

1. (North America) An exposed plumbing fitting; a tap or spigot; a regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a reservoir.

Adjectives for Faucet

defective; rushing; singing; whistling; mixing; shining; dripping.

Thesaurus

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,

Synonyms

• tap, spigot

Hypernyms

• valve

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: fôʹsĭt, IPA: /ˈfɔːsɪt/, SAMPA: /"fO:sIt/

  Rhymes: -ɔːsɪt

• (US) IPA: /ˈfɔsɪt/, SAMPA: /"fOsIt/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA: /ˈfɑsɪt/, SAMPA: /"fAsIt/