fau|cet

fau|cet
fau|cet «F siht», noun. Especially U.S.
1. a device for turning on or off a flow of liquid from a pipe or a container holding it by opening or closing a valve; tap; spigot.
2. the enlarged end of a pipe into which the end of another pipe enters to form a joint.
╂[< Old French fausset, probably < fausser bore through; (originally) break < Late Latin falsāre corrupt, falsify < falsa false]
Usage Faucet is now the term in most general use in the United States. Spigot is still widely used, particularly in the South. Tap is chiefly British.

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  • faucet — fau·cet …   English syllables

  • faucet — fau|cet [ˈfo:sıt US ˈfo: ] n AmE [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: fausset something that closes a hole in a container , from Late Latin falsare to make false ] the thing that you turn on and off to control the flow of water from a pipe… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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