faucet
noun /ˈfɔːsɪt/
/ˈfɔːsɪt/
(North American English) (also tap especially in British English)
enlarge imagea device that controls the flow of water from a pipe
enlarge image- 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
- …
- open
- turn on
- turn off
- …
- drip
- leak
- handle
- spout
- from faucet
- under faucet
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.
