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Definition of faucet noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

faucet

noun
 
/ˈfɔːsɪt/
 
/ˈfɔːsɪt/
(North American English)
(also tap especially in British English)
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  1. a device that controls the flow of water from a pipe
    • the hot/cold faucet
    • to turn a faucet on/off
    Extra Examples
    • He stuck his head under the faucet.
    • Is the faucet dripping again?
    • She repaired a leaky faucet.
    • She turned the sink faucet on.
    • the water from a faucet
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • water
    • cold-water
    • hot-water
    • …
    verb + faucet
    • open
    • turn on
    • turn off
    • …
    faucet + verb
    • drip
    • leak
    faucet + noun
    • handle
    • spout
    preposition
    • from faucet
    • under faucet
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    Word Originlate Middle English (denoting a bung for the vent hole of a cask, or a tap for drawing liquor from a container): from Old French fausset, from Provençal falset, from falsar ‘to bore’. The current sense dates from the mid 19th cent.
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