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Meaning of "stopcock" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF STOPCOCK

stopcock  [ˈstɒpˌkɒk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STOPCOCK

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Stopcock is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES STOPCOCK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

stopcock

Stopcock

A stopcock is a valve used to restrict or isolate the flow of a liquid or gas through a pipe. In the United Kingdom a stopcock, not to be confused with a gate valve or a DiCiaccio branch, is used to prevent flow of water into a domestic water system. There are usually two stopcocks for a home. One is usually found just outside the property boundary and can be used to isolate the building from the water supply. The other is inside the property where the supply enters the property. These valves are provided to allow maintenance and prevent flooding if the domestic water system is pierced. The domestic stopcock was designed over 100 years ago, traditionally the position of the valve would be in the kitchen of the premises. Recently insurance companies have insisted that the homeowner is required to maintain the device that is fitted to the property. It is by regulation that each property in the UK should have one fitted.

Definition of stopcock in the English dictionary

The definition of stopcock in the dictionary is a valve used to control or stop the flow of a fluid in a pipe.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH STOPCOCK


angakok
ˈæŋɡəˌkɒk
angekok
ˈæŋɡəˌkɒk
bibcock
ˈbɪbˌkɒk
blackcock
ˈblækˌkɒk
coldcock
ˈkəʊldˌkɒk
gamecock
ˈɡeɪmˌkɒk
gorcock
ˈɡɔːˌkɒk
haycock
ˈheɪˌkɒk
Hitchcock
ˈhɪtʃˌkɒk
meacock
ˈmiːˌkɒk
monocoque
ˈmɒnəˌkɒk
moorcock
ˈmʊəˌkɒk
peacock
ˈpiːˌkɒk
petcock
ˈpɛtˌkɒk
poppycock
ˈpɒpɪˌkɒk
seacock
ˈsiːˌkɒk
shuttlecock
ˈʃʌtəlˌkɒk
spatchcock
ˈspætʃˌkɒk
weathercock
ˈwɛðəˌkɒk
woodcock
ˈwʊdˌkɒk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE STOPCOCK

stop-frame
stop-go
stop-loss
stop-loss order
stop-motion
stop-off
stop-off point
stop-start
stop-work
stopbank
stope
stoper
Stopes
stopgap
stoping
stopless
stoplight
stopover
stoppable
stoppage

WORDS THAT END LIKE STOPCOCK

acock
Alcock
ball cock
ballcock
battledore and shuttlecock
billycock
cock
escape cock
fighting cock
go off at half-cock
half-cock
Hancock
heath cock
John Hancock
Leacock
mocock
re-cock
storm-cock
turkey cock
uncock

Synonyms and antonyms of stopcock in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «stopcock» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF STOPCOCK

Find out the translation of stopcock to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of stopcock from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «stopcock» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

活塞
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

llave de paso
570 millions of speakers

English

stopcock
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पानी निकलने की टोंटी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

محبس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

кран
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

torneira
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পাইপের মধ্য দিয়ে গ্যাস
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

robinet d´arrêt
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Stopcock
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Absperrhahn
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

꼭지
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Stopcock
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vòi khóa nước
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அடைப்புக்குழாய்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्टॉपॉक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

musluk
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

rubinetto di arresto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wentyle
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

кран
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

robinet
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κάνουλες
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

afsluitkraan
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

avstängningskran
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

stoppekran
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of stopcock

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «STOPCOCK»

The term «stopcock» is quite widely used and occupies the 50.171 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «STOPCOCK» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «stopcock» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «stopcock» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about stopcock

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STOPCOCK»

Discover the use of stopcock in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to stopcock and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Plumbing
ISOLATING VALVES Isolating the water services is an important process of any project you undertake, and locating the water mains stopcock and other isolating valves, including down service gate valves, is very important before attempting ...
Tony Beaumont, 2007
2
Lippincott's Nursing Procedures
Level the zeroing stopcock of the transducer with the phlebostatic axis. Then zero the system to atmospheric pressure. □ Activate monitor alarms, as appropriate. Obtaining a blood sample from an open system □ Assemble the equipment, ...
‎2009
3
Best Practices: Evidence-based Nursing Procedures
bed raised no more than 30 degrees, to prevent the catheter from kinking. Level the zeroing stopcock of the transducer with the phlebostatic axis, and then zero the system to atmospheric pressure. 03 • Activate monitor alarms, as appropriate.
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2007
4
Analytical Chemistry for Technicians, Third Edition
One could call it a specialized graduated cylinder, having graduation lines that increase from top to bottom, with a usual precision of ±0.01 mL, and a stopcock at the bottom for dispensing a solution. There are some variations in the type of ...
John Kenkel, 2002
5
Perfecting Clinical Procedures
Level the zeroing stopcock of the transducer with the phlebostatic axis. Then zero the system to atmospheric pressure. • Activate monitor alarms, as appropriate. Obtaining a blood sample from an open system • Assemble the equipment, taking  ...
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2008
6
Manipulation and Expression of Recombinant DNA
Attach the stopcock to the bottom of the column and the reservoir collar to the top. Mount the assembled column on a ring stand. 3. Make sure the stopcock is closed. Invert the GST-Bind resin to gently mix. Add the uniform slurry of affinity matrix ...
Sue Carson, Dominique Robertson, 2005
7
Taylor's Handbook of Clinical Nursing Skills
6. Assess patient for any changes in neurologic status. 7. Assess the height of the ventriculostomy system to ensure that the stopcock is at the level of midpoint between the outer canthus of the patient's eye and the tragus of the patient's ear or ...
Pamela Lynn, 2010
8
Public Health Behind Bars: From Prisons to Communities
After the stopcock is manipulated, the injection shall commence. A steady even flow of the injection shall be maintained with only a minimum amount of force applied to the syringe plunger. When the entire contents of the syringe have been  ...
Robert Greifinger, 2007
9
Nursing Care of the Critically Ill Child
But not into Sampling port “flushed” (sterile 2 2 Sterile 2 2 gauze from syringe used to flush sampling port gauze used to catch fluid) distal stopcock Stopcock “ off ” to patient Stopcock “off ” totransducer Stop cock “off” to transducer Blood sample ...
Mary Fran Hazinski, 2012
10
Bioluminescence: Chemical Principles and Methods
The system is continuously evacuated to a pressure of about 1 ,um Hg (0.133 Pa) without coolant ofthe traps for at least 2 hr before experiment (stopcock A closed; all others open; 18O; container not con— nected to A). To begin the experiment ...
Osamu Shimomura, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STOPCOCK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term stopcock is used in the context of the following news items.
1
VIDEO: Irish Water denies 'secret deals' to not install water meters in …
“If I look around the country, I see despicable, distressing scenes, residents standing on stopcocks being dragged at 60 years of age into the back of paddy ... «Irish Examiner, Jul 15»
2
Young's valve
Jim suddenly imagined a new kind of stopcock in which a cylindrical glass plug could be moved up or down in a precision bore barrel to open and close an ... «Royal Society of Chemistry, Feb 15»
3
Saffron Walden families finally rehomed after flooded flats left them …
Flood victims on Lime Avenue were finally re-housed this week, after problems with the stopcock led to residents having to live in alternate accommodation for ... «Saffron Walden Reporter, Feb 15»
4
Stopcock for quitters
Stopcock for quitters. By Gitanjali ChandrasekharanGitanjali Chandrasekharan, Mumbai Mirror | Oct 26, 2014, 01.06 AM IST ... «Mumbai Mirror, Oct 14»
5
Martin Lewis' Winter saving tips
Everyone should know where their stopcock - your mains water tap - is. Frozen pipe bursts create an average £7,000 of damage, made worse if you can't find ... «U.TV, Oct 14»
6
The Labour leader answers all your plumbing questions, as told to …
But, with respect, the question is not, 'Where can we find the stopcock?' but, 'Once we have found the stopcock, and done whatever it is that needs to be done ... «Daily Mail, Sep 14»
7
Minimal residual volume luer activated stopcock
Due to its unique design, the Marvelous stopcock ensures maximum safety of patients and medical staff during medical procedures at hospital ICUs and at other ... «Today's Medical Developments, Sep 14»
8
Mum died of electric shock after 'negligence' by two workers, court told
The court heard Miss Shaw, 22, was advised by her mother to turn off the stopcock, inside a cupboard, when she found flooding in her West Bromwich flat. «Birmingham Mail, Mar 14»
9
What do those squiggles on the pavement actually mean?
... on a gas pipe (shown top of this section) which would be marked PE 90 or 90 PE. The image immediately above shows the location of a gas stopcock cover. «BBC News, Feb 14»
10
New hemostasis valve with sideport tubing and stopcock launched …
Qosina is pleased to introduce the addition of two new hemostasis valves with sideport tubing connection to a stopcock. The valves feature a closed seal, which ... «News-Medical.net, Feb 14»

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