faucet

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: fau=cet

CIDE DICTIONARY

faucet, n. [F. fausset, perh. fr. L. fauces throat.].

•  A fixture for drawing a liquid, as water, molasses, oil, etc., from a pipe, cask, or other vessel, in such quantities as may be desired; -- called also tap, and cock. It consists of a tubular spout, stopped with a movable plug, spigot, valve, or slide.  [1913 Webster]
•  The enlarged end of a section of pipe which receives the spigot end of the next section.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

faucet, n. esp. US a tap.

Usage

In Brit. use only in special applications.

Etymology

ME f. OF fausset vent-peg f. Prov. falset f. falsar to bore

THESAURUS

faucet

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, valvula, valvule