: a fixture for drawing or regulating the flow of liquid especially from a pipe
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don't forget to turn off the faucet
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Gravity draws the water down into faucets, pools and hydrants below, and then the tanks are refilled with water pumped up from the city’s pipelines.
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Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2025
Use a non-scratch sponge or soft brush to scrub the sink, faucet, handles, and any metal fixtures.
—Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 24 Jan. 2025
Typical faucet filtration devices aren’t always effective at removing these chemicals.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 23 Jan. 2025
Air and road travel halted; schools shut down Officials in affected states in the South cautioned people to stay off the roads, keep faucets dripping to prevent pipes from freezing, check batteries in smoke and carbon monoxide detectors and refrain from using cooking stoves to heat homes.
—Karina Tsui, CNN, 21 Jan. 2025
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Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2025
Use a non-scratch sponge or soft brush to scrub the sink, faucet, handles, and any metal fixtures.
—Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 24 Jan. 2025
Typical faucet filtration devices aren’t always effective at removing these chemicals.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 23 Jan. 2025
Air and road travel halted; schools shut down Officials in affected states in the South cautioned people to stay off the roads, keep faucets dripping to prevent pipes from freezing, check batteries in smoke and carbon monoxide detectors and refrain from using cooking stoves to heat homes.
—Karina Tsui, CNN, 21 Jan. 2025
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“Faucet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/faucet. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.
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faucet
noun
fau·cet
ˈfȯ-sət 
ˈfäs-ət
: a fixture for controlling the flow of a liquid (as from a pipe)
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