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fosset

fosset is the obsolete form of faucet.

Meaning of faucet

Noun

faucet (plural faucets)

  1. (Canada, US) An exposed plumbing fitting; a tap or spigot; a regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a reservoir.
    • The rain ceased as if a faucet had been turned off.
    Synonyms:
    tap, spigot
  2. (game development) One or several systems that inject currency into the game's economy, thus controlling or preventing inflation
    Antonyms:
    sink
  3. A tapered tube, designed to be forced into a matching hole in a barrel, with the outer end holding a plug cock for decanting liquid from the barrel.
    • The pipe or faucet or rather fast set, so called, because it is set fast in.1585, Adrianus Junius, John Higgins, The Nomenclator, Or Remembrancer of Adrianus Iunius Physician ... VVritten ... in Latine, Greeke, French and Other Forrein Tongues : and Now in English by J....

Forms of fosset

pluralfossets

Questions about fosset

What is fosset the obsolete form of?
Fosset is the obsolete form of faucet.

Words near fosset in the dictionary

  1. Fossen
  2. Fossens
  3. FOSSer
  4. FOSSers
  5. fosses
  6. fosset
  7. fossets
  8. Fossett
  9. fossette
  10. fossettes
  11. fossettid

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fosset (page history and authors); faucet (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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