FAUCET


Meaning of FAUCET in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈfȯ-sət, ˈfä- ]

noun

Etymology: Middle English, bung, faucet, from Middle French fausset bung, perhaps from fausser to damage, from Late Latin falsare to falsify, from Latin falsus false

Date: 15th century

: a fixture for drawing or regulating the flow of liquid especially from a pipe

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