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Meaning of Faucet | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈfɔːsɪt

Definitions

  1. An exposed plumbing fitting; a tap or spigot; a regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a reservoir.
    Canada, US
  2. One or several systems that inject currency into the game's economy, thus controlling or preventing inflation
  3. A tapered tube, designed to be forced into a matching hole in a barrel, with the outer end holding a plug cock for decanting liquid from the barrel.

Equivalents

Беларуская кран
Български кран чешма
བོད་སྐད ཁ་གཅུས
Català aixeta
Čeština kohout kohoutek pípa
Cymraeg dwsel tap
Ελληνικά βρύση
Esperanto krano
Español bitoque canilla caño grifo llave paja pluma
Eesti kraan
Gaeilge sconna
Galego billa
ગુજરાતી નળ
עברית ברז
हिन्दी टोंटी नल
Magyar csap vízcsap
Հայերեն ծորակ
Bahasa Indonesia keran
Íslenska hani krani
Italiano rubinetto spina
日本語 カラン 蛇口
ქართული კრანი ონკანი
Қазақша кран
한국어 꼭지 수도꼭지
Kurdî billa hanî kêran vana vit
Lietuvių čiaupas
Latviešu krāns
Македонски славина чешма
മലയാളം ടാപ്പ്
मराठी तोटी नळ
Bahasa Melayu kepala paip
Malti vit
မြန်မာဘာသာ ဘုံပိုင်
Nederlands kraan tap
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ٹوٹی ਟੂਟੀ
Português bica torneira
Română robinet
Русский кран крант
Ikinyarwanda ibombo
Slovenčina kohútik
Slovenščina pipa
Svenska kran tapp
Kiswahili bilula mfereji
தமிழ் குழாய்
Tagalog gripo
Türkçe musluk vana
Українська кран
Tiếng Việt rô-bi-nê voi vòi nước

Examples

“Wallace beats his palm against the reluctant handle of the faucet until it gives way, and the water comes out too hard, too fast.”
“The pipe or faucet or rather fast set, so called, because it is set fast in.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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