Faucet
1faucet — c.1400, from O.Fr. fausset (14c.) breach, spigot, stopper, peg (of a barrel), of unknown origin; perhaps dim. of L. faux, fauces upper part of the throat, pharynx, gullet. Barnhart and others suggest the Old French word is from fausser to damage …
2faucet — is a late Middle English word meaning ‘a tap for drawing liquor from a barrel or cask’. In BrE it survives in technical uses (often combined with spigot), but in domestic use it has given way entirely to tap. In AmE, faucet is in widespread use… …
3Faucet — Fau cet, n. [F. fausset, perh. fr. L. fauces throat.] 1. 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… …
4faucet — [n] spigot bibb, bibcock, hydrant, nozzle, spout, stopcock, tap, valve; concepts 445,464 …
5faucet — ► NOUN chiefly N. Amer. ▪ a tap. ORIGIN Old French fausset, from Provençal falsar to bore …
6faucet — [fô′sit, fä′sit] n. [ME < OFr fausset, prob. < faulser, to make a breach in, falsify < LL falsare < L falsus, FALSE] a device with a hand operated valve for regulating the flow of a liquid from a pipe, barrel, etc.; cock; tap …
7faucet — noun (AmE) ⇨ See also ↑tap ADJECTIVE ▪ water ▪ cold water, hot water ▪ dripping, leaky ▪ She repaired a leaky faucet …
8faucet — n. (AE) 1) to turn on a faucet 2) a faucet leaks 3) a leaky faucet (CE has tap) * * * [ fɔːsɪt] (AE) to turn on a faucet a faucet leaks a leaky faucet (CE has tap) …
9faucet — /faw sit/, n. any device for controlling the flow of liquid from a pipe or the like by opening or closing an orifice; tap; cock. [1350 1400; ME < MF fausset peg for a vent, perh. equiv. to fauss(er) to force in, damage, warp, lit., to falsify ( < …
10faucet — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. tap, spigot, cock, spout, valve; spile, bung. See closure, opening. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. tap, fixture, spigot, cock, drain, petcock, plumbing, stopcock, hot water faucet, cold water faucet, hot*,… …
