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Definition: Turncock |
TurncockNoun1. One employed to control water supply by turning water mains on and off. 2. Faucet consisting of a rotating device for regulating flow of a liquid. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "turncock" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1838. (references) |
Synonyms: TurncockSynonyms: cock (n), stopcock (n). (additional references) |
| Language | Translations for "turncock"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | rubinet (faucet, spigot, stopcock, tap, valve, water tap). (various references) | |
Italian | fontaniere (plumber). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | urncocktay.(various references) | |
Russian | стопорный кран. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | ventil (cutoff, valve, vent, vent-pipe), nadzornik vodovoda. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-c-k-n-o-r-t-u" | |
-2 letters: concur, uncock, uncork. | |
-3 letters: cornu, count, court, crock, cruck, knout, korun, occur, trock, truck, trunk. | |
-4 letters: conk, cork, corn, croc, curn, curt, knot, knur, nock, rock, rout, ruck, runt, torc, torn, tour, tuck, turk, turn, unco, unto. | |
-5 letters: con, cor, cot, cur, cut, kor, nor, not, nut, orc, ort, our, out, roc, rot, run. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-c-k-n-o-r-t-u" | |
+3 letters: backcountry. | |
+4 letters: backcourtman, backcourtmen, countercheck. | |
+5 letters: backcountries, counterattack, counterchecks, counterpicket. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Translations: Modern 4. Anagrams | 5. Bibliography |
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