English-Thai Dictionary
faucet
N ก๊อกน้ำ cock drain tap kok-nam
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
FAUCET
n.A pipe to be inserted in a cask for drawing liquor, and stopped with a peg or spigot. These are called tap and faucet.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
FAUCET
Fau "cet, n. Etym: [F. fausset, perh. fr. L. fauces throat. ]
1. A fixture for drawing a liquid, as water, molasses, oil, etc. , from a pipe, cask, or other vessel, in such quantities as may be desired; -- called also tap, and cock. It consists of a tubular spout, stopped with a movable plug, spigot, valve, or slide.
2. The enlarged end of a section of pipe which receives the spigot end of the next section.
New American Oxford Dictionary
faucet
fau cet |ˈfôsit, ˈfäs -ˈfɔsɪt | ▶noun a device by which a flow of liquid or gas from a pipe or container can be controlled; a tap. ORIGIN late Middle English (denoting a bung for the vent-hole of a cask, or a tap for drawing liquor from a container ): from Old French fausset, from Provençal falset, from falsar ‘to bore. ’ The current sense dates from the mid 19th cent.
Oxford Dictionary
faucet
faucet |ˈfɔːsɪt | ▶noun N. Amer. a tap. ORIGIN late Middle English (denoting a bung for the vent hole of a cask, or a tap for drawing liquid from a container ): from Old French fausset, from Provençal falset, from falsar ‘to bore ’. The current sense dates from the mid 19th cent.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
faucet
fau cet /fɔ́ːsɪt, fɑː -/名詞 C ｟米 ｠(水道などの )蛇口 (→bathroom ); (酒だるなどの )注ぎ口 (｟主に英 ｠tap ).
The Wordsmith Dictionary