Associations to the word «Stopcock»
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Wiktionary
STOPCOCK, noun. A valve, tap or faucet which regulates the flow of liquid or gas through a pipe.
STOPCOCK, noun. (British) A main shutoff for water to a home from a municipal supply. Usually these valves exist in pairs, on outside the property boundary and one inside the property boundary.
Dictionary definition
STOPCOCK, noun. Faucet consisting of a rotating device for regulating flow of a liquid.
Wise words
Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing
in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in
the hands of one who knows how to combine them.