faucet

Other spellings

    Other spellings

(Middle English–15 th century): faucet faucett fawcett (16 th century): faucet faucett fawcet fawcett fawset

(17 th century): fasset faucet faucete faulsed faulset fauset

(18 th century): faucet faucit fausset fosset (19 th century): faucet forset fosset (20 th century–present): faucet (The way it is spelled today)

Pronunciation

• (UK)
  • enPR: fôʹsĭt
  • IPA: /ˈfɔːsɪt/,
  • SAMPA: /"fO:sIt/

Noun

Singular faucet

Plural faucets

1. (US); (countable) A faucet is a fitting of a sink that allows water to flow through it for washing ones' hands or doing the dishes; it is a tap or spigot.

   Can you turn the faucet on for me so that I can wash my hands?

A faucet

Synonyms

• tap
• spigot

Hypernyms

• valve