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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : faw-sit |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɔ sɪt |
Définition of faucet
Origin :- c.1400, from Old French fausset (14c.) "breach, spigot, stopper, peg (of a barrel)," of unknown origin; perhaps diminutive of Latin faux, fauces "upper part of the throat, pharynx, gullet." Barnhart and others suggest the Old French word is from fausser "to damage, break into," from Late Latin falsare (see false).
- Spigot and faucet was the name of an old type of tap for a barrel or cask, consisting of a hollow, tapering tube, which was driven at the narrow end into a barrel, and a screw into the tube which regulated the flow of the liquid. Properly, it seems, the spigot was the tube, the faucet the screw, but the senses have merged or reversed over time. Faucet is now the common word in American English for the whole apparatus.
- noun spigot
- The drip-drip of water from the faucet sounded loud in the quiet.
- Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
- She watched with interest the water run steaming from the faucet.
- Extract from : « Mary Rose of Mifflin » by Frances R. Sterrett
- The rhythmic dripping of a faucet is audible through the flat.
- Extract from : « The Promised Land » by Mary Antin
- There was but one faucet at the Farm, and that was in the kitchen, by the sink.
- Extract from : « The Heart of Arethusa » by Francis Barton Fox
- She went to the sink and, turning the faucet, saw a splendid flow of water.
- Extract from : « Fred Fearnot's New Ranch » by Hal Standish
- The water comes through a pipe, and is turned on by a faucet.
- Extract from : « The Nursery, March 1877, Vol. XXI. No. 3 » by Various
- The flow of the faucet is determined by the fullness of the reservoir.
- Extract from : « A Man's Value to Society » by Newell Dwight Hillis
- When the faucet is closed, the gas supply is shut off and the burners are put out.
- Extract from : « Elements of Plumbing » by Samuel Dibble
- What's the other source, besides the faucet in your bathroom?
- Extract from : « And Then the Town Took Off » by Richard Wilson
- This faucet is to let the water off if you get the boiler too full.
- Extract from : « Woman in Prison » by Caroline H. Woods
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