"stopcock" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈstɑpkɑk/ [General-American], /ˈstɒpkɒk/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-stopcock.wav Forms: stopcocks [plural]
Etymology: From stop + cock. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|stop|cock|id2=plumbing valve}} stop + cock Head templates: {{en-noun}} stopcock (plural stopcocks)
  1. A valve, tap or faucet which regulates the flow of liquid or gas through a pipe. Translations (valve, tap or faucet): مِحْبَس (miḥbas) [masculine] (Arabic), спирателен кран (spiratelen kran) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 旋塞 (xuánsāi) (Chinese Mandarin), sulkuventtiili (Finnish), sulkuhana (Finnish), robinet d’arrêt [masculine] (French), Absperrhahn [masculine] (German), בֶּרֶז (berez) [masculine] (Hebrew), שַׁסְתוֹם (shastom) [masculine] (Hebrew), rubinetto di arresto [masculine] (Italian), 元栓 (motosen) (Japanese), katirere (Maori), katiwai (Maori), llave de cierre [feminine] (Spanish), ลูกบิด (lûuk-bìt) (Thai)
    Sense id: en-stopcock-en-noun-V0wnwHQ- Disambiguation of 'valve, tap or faucet': 92 8
  2. (British) A main shutoff for water to a home from a municipal supply. Usually these valves exist in pairs, one outside the property boundary and one inside the property boundary. Tags: British Translations (main shutoff): pääventtiili (Finnish), robinet d’arrêt [masculine] (French), stoppekran [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), stoppekran [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), torneira de segurança [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-stopcock-en-noun-DGwFMqkG Categories (other): British English, English links with manual fragments, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Thai translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 51 33 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 10 67 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 15 50 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 50 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 12 63 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 12 59 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 13 59 28 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 14 53 32 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 14 56 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 13 58 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 14 56 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 14 56 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 12 63 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 12 64 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 11 65 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 12 58 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 13 59 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 14 53 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 13 60 27 Disambiguation of 'main shutoff': 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: cock, shutoff Coordinate_terms: bibcock, petcock, seacock, sillcock

Verb

IPA: /ˈstɑpkɑk/ [General-American], /ˈstɒpkɒk/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-stopcock.wav Forms: stopcocks [present, singular, third-person], stopcocking [participle, present], stopcocked [participle, past], stopcocked [past]
Etymology: From stop + cock. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|stop|cock|id2=plumbing valve}} stop + cock Head templates: {{en-verb}} stopcock (third-person singular simple present stopcocks, present participle stopcocking, simple past and past participle stopcocked)
  1. (transitive) To control the gas pressure in (an oil well) by keeping the well closed in and the gas confined except during set intervals when the oil is flowed or pumped. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-stopcock-en-verb-sCOiD7K7

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "valve, tap or faucet",
      "word": "sulkuhana"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "valve, tap or faucet",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "robinet d’arrêt"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "valve, tap or faucet",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Absperrhahn"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "berez",
      "sense": "valve, tap or faucet",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "בֶּרֶז"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "shastom",
      "sense": "valve, tap or faucet",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "שַׁסְתוֹם"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "valve, tap or faucet",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rubinetto di arresto"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "motosen",
      "sense": "valve, tap or faucet",
      "word": "元栓"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "valve, tap or faucet",
      "word": "katirere"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "valve, tap or faucet",
      "word": "katiwai"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "valve, tap or faucet",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "llave de cierre"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "lûuk-bìt",
      "sense": "valve, tap or faucet",
      "word": "ลูกบิด"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "main shutoff",
      "word": "pääventtiili"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "main shutoff",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "robinet d’arrêt"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "main shutoff",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "stoppekran"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "main shutoff",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "stoppekran"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "main shutoff",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "torneira de segurança"
    }
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    "stopcock"
  ],
  "word": "stopcock"
}

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      "glosses": [
        "To control the gas pressure in (an oil well) by keeping the well closed in and the gas confined except during set intervals when the oil is flowed or pumped."
      ],
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        "(transitive) To control the gas pressure in (an oil well) by keeping the well closed in and the gas confined except during set intervals when the oil is flowed or pumped."
      ],
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  ],
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    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈstɒpkɒk/",
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