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four-way cocks

four-way cocks is the plural of four-way cock.

Meaning of four-way cock

Noun

four-way cock (plural four-way cocks)

  1. A cock connected with four pipes or ports, and having two or more passages in the plug, by which the adjacent pipes or ports may be made to communicate; formerly used as a valve in the steam engine, and for various other purposes.
    • the chamber of the four-way cock
    Synonyms:
    four-way valve

Questions about four-way cocks

What is four-way cocks the plural of?
Four-way cocks is the plural of four-way cock.

Words near four-way cocks in the dictionary

  1. four-waller
  2. four-wallers
  3. four-walling
  4. four-way
  5. four-way cock
  6. four-way cocks
  7. four-way stop
  8. four-way switch
  9. four-way switches
  10. four-ways
  11. four-wheel

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