Meaning

3 senses
  1. (Canada, US)An exposed plumbing fitting; a tap or spigot; a regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a reservoir.

    The rain ceased as if a faucet had been turned off.

    Armatur, Auslaufventil, Hahn

    кранkran, крантkrant

    кранkran

    a regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a reservoir

  2. One or several systems that inject currency into the game's economy, thus controlling or preventing inflation

  3. A tapered tube, designed to be forced into a matching hole in a barrel, with the outer end holding a plug cock for decanting liquid from the barrel.

Examples

200 sentences
  1. The faucet is leaking.

    Кран тече. — deniko

    ruКран протекает. — Arkadeko

    deDer Wasserhahn tropft. — MUIRIEL

  2. Don't use this faucet.

    Не користуйся цим краном. — deniko

    deDiesen Wasserhahn nicht benutzen! — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. Tom turned the faucet on.

    Том відкрив кран. — deniko

    ruТом открыл кран. — marafon

    deTom drehte den Wasserhahn auf. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. Tom turned on the faucet.

    Том відкрив кран. — deniko

    ruТом открыл кран. — marafon

    deTom drehte den Wasserhahn auf. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. Tom turned off the faucet.

    Том закрив кран. — deniko

    ruТом перекрыл вентиль. — odexed

    deTom drehte den Wasserhahn zu. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
an exposed plumbing fitting; a tap or spigot; a regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a reservoir:
Русский
By meaning 1
an exposed plumbing fitting; a tap or spigot; a regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a reservoir:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
an exposed plumbing fitting; a tap or spigot; a regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a reservoir:

Origin

From Middle English faucet, fawcett, from Old French fausset, of uncertain origin:

From Middle English faucet, fawcett, from Old French fausset, of uncertain origin:

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Forms

plural: faucets
Singularfaucet
Pluralfaucets

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a reservoir:spigot

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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