STOPCOCK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stopcock mean? 

• STOPCOCK (noun)
  The noun STOPCOCK has 1 sense:

1. faucet consisting of a rotating device for regulating flow of a liquid

  Familiarity information: STOPCOCK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STOPCOCK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

cock; stopcock; turncock

Hypernyms ("stopcock" is a kind of...):

faucet; spigot (a regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a reservoir)

 Context examples 

The highest BPA content was detected in the three-way stopcock (over 7,000ng/g), followed by the patterned transparent film dressing (surgical tape), the gastro-duodenal feeding tube, sterile gloves for professional use, the umbilical catheter, and the intravenous infusion extension kit (with BPA concentrations ranging between 100 and 700ng/g).

(Babies in neonatal intensive care units are exposed to harmful chemical substances found in plastic, University of Granada)

When they analysed the hormonal activity of the samples taken from the selected materials, based on oestrogenicity and anti-androgenicity assays, the items presenting the most hormonal activity were the dummy, the three-way stopcock, and the patterned transparent film dressing.

(Babies in neonatal intensive care units are exposed to harmful chemical substances found in plastic, University of Granada)