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stopcock

noun
/ˈstɑpkɑk/US/ˈstɒpkɒk/UK

Etymology

From stop + cock.

  1. derived from *gew-✻ — “to bend, curve, arch”
  2. inherited from *kukkaz✻ — “mass, bulge, swelling”
  3. inherited from *kokk✻
  4. inherited from *cocc✻ — “heap, pile”
  5. inherited from cokke
  6. compounded as stopcock — “stop + cock”

Definitions

  1. A valve, tap or faucet which regulates the flow of liquid or gas through a pipe.

  2. A main shutoff for water to a home from a municipal supply. Usually these valves exist in…

    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.

    • If you have a burst pipe, turn the water off at the stopcock.

  3. To control the gas pressure in (an oil well) by keeping the well closed in and the gas…

    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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at stopcock. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at stopcock. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at stopcock

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA