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Topic: TECHNOLOGY

Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old French
Origin: fausset 'something that closes a hole in a container', from Late Latin falsare 'to make false'

faucet

 noun
     
faucet
fau‧cet [countable] American English
T the thing that you turn on and off to control the flow of water from a pipe [= tap British English]
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