a device that controls the flow of water from a pipe
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
Word Origin
late 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.
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