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Faucet

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

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Беларускаякран
Българскикранчешма
བོད་སྐད།ཁ་གཅུས
Catalàaixeta
Cymraegdwseltap
Ελληνικάβρύση
Esperantokrano
Eestikraan
Gaeilgesconna
ગુજરાતીનળ
עבריתברז
हिन्दीटोंटीनल
Հայերենծորակ
Bahasa Indonesiakeran
Íslenskahanikrani
Қазақ тілікран
Lietuviųčiaupas
Latviešukrāns
Македонскиславиначешма
മലയാളംടാപ്പ്
मराठीतोटीनळ
Bahasa Melayukepala paip
Maltivit
မြန်မာဘုံပိုင်
Nederlandskraantap
ਪੰਜਾਬੀٹوٹیਟੂਟੀ
Portuguêsbicatorneira
Românărobinet
Русскийкранкрант
Ikinyarwandaibombo
Slovenčinakohútik
Slovenščinapipa
Svenskakrantapp
Kiswahilibilulamfereji
தமிழ்குழாய்
Tagaloggripo
Türkçemuslukvana
Українськакран

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

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