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Meanings of turncock in inglês

português
torneira
catalão
clau de pas

Faucet consisting of a rotating device for regulating flow of a liquid.

        torneira
        Synonyms
        Examples for "cock"
        Examples for "cock"
        1
        He was a dead rooster; yea, a dead cock in the pit.
        "Co. Aytch," Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment / Or, A Side ...
        2
        The edges of the bridges and balance cock can be left smooth.
        Watch and Clock Escapements / A Complete Study in Theory and Pra...
        3
        In one case, we are dealing with a cock-up of frightening proportions.
        The Irish Times
        4
        It was morning now; the cock was still crowing down at Sirilund.
        Pan
        5
        It is too late; the cock is awake, and he must go.
        A Dish of Orts : Chiefly Papers on the Imagination, and on Shake...
        1
        Nick closed the stopcock of the bedroom radiator and threw open every window.
        The Assistant
        2
        Who is responsible for locating the stopcock in these circumstances?
        The Irish Times
        3
        When the outer door was open, I opened the stopcock and shut the door.
        Space Tug
        4
        The end, A, is stopped, and the stopcock, B, soldered into the other end.
        Scientific American Supplement, No. 315, January 14, 1882
        5
        He turned a stopcock on one of the air tanks brought for Bordman's necessity.
        Sand Doom
        Translations for turncock
        português
        torneira
        catalão
        clau de pas