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We found 8 dictionaries that define the word stopcocks:

General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. stopcocks: Merriam-Webster
  2. stopcocks: Collins English Dictionary
  3. stopcocks: Vocabulary.com
  4. stopcocks: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. stopcocks: Wiktionary
  6. stopcocks: Dictionary.com
  7. Stopcocks: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Stopcocks: Medical dictionary

(Note: See stopcock as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (stopcock)

noun:  A valve, tap or faucet which regulates the flow of liquid or gas through a pipe.
noun:  (British) A main shutoff for water to a home from a municipal supply. Usually these valves exist in pairs, one outside the property boundary and one inside the property boundary.
verb:  (transitive) To control the gas pressure in (an oil well) by keeping the well closed in and the gas confined except during set intervals when the oil is flowed or pumped.
▸ Also see stopcock


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