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Ball Cock

Definition: Ball Cock

Ball Cock

Noun

1. Floating ball that controls level in a water tank.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonym: Ball Cock

Synonym: ballcock (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Ball Cock

English words defined with "ball cock": Ball lever. (references)

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Ball Cock

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

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5

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3

ball cock torcher

3

ball cock squeeze

2

amputation ball cock

2

ball cock teasing

2

ball cock cut off

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Ball Cock

Language Translations for "ball cock"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

notues (buoyant, floatable, floater, floaty, natatorial, natatory, supernatant, water borne). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏محبس كروي لمنع فيضان الماء. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

автоматичен кран. (various references)

   

German

  

schwimmerhahn. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

שסתום כ"ורי. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

golyós szelep, úszógolyós vízelzáró csap. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

allbay ockcay.(various references)

   

Russian 

  

шаровой клапан. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

plovak (bob, bobber, float). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

llave de bola. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

yüzen topla işleyen su valfı. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Ball Cock

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-c-c-k-l-l-o"

-3 letters: acock, black, block, clack, cloak, clock, local.

-4 letters: back, balk, ball, bloc, bock, bola, boll, calk, call, calo, coal, coca, cola, kola, lack, loca, lock, olla.

-5 letters: abo, alb, all, bal, boa, cab, cob, col, kab, koa, kob, lab, lac, lob, oak, oca, oka.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Bibliography


  

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