what does stopcock mean?

STOPCOCK as NOUN

Meaning
- faucet consisting of a rotating device for regulating flow of a liquid
Synonym(s)
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Hypernyms(s) stopcock is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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