"stopcock" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈstɑpkɑk/ [General-American], /ˈstɒpkɒk/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: stopcocks [plural]
Etymology: 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': 90 10
  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 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 47 36 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] Forms: stopcocks [present, singular, third-person], stopcocking [participle, present], stopcocked [participle, past], stopcocked [past]
Etymology: 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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