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Spigot

A pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask; also, the plug of a faucet or cock.

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Narrower term 4

Cock 76% connected

The male of birds, particularly of gallinaceous or domestic fowls.

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Hydrant 76% connected

A discharge pipe with a valve and spout at which water may be drawn from the mains of waterworks; a water plug.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Stopcock 76% connected

A bib, faucet, or short pipe, fitted with a turning stopper or plug for permitting or restraining the flow of a liquid or gas; a cock or valve for ch…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Tap 76% connected

To strike with a slight or gentle blow; to touch gently; to rap lightly; to pat; as, to tap one with the hand or a cane.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Broader term 4

Plug 76% connected

Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole; a stopple.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Regulator 76% connected

One who, or that which, regulates.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Stopper 76% connected

One who stops, closes, shuts, or hinders; that which stops or obstructs; that which closes or fills a vent or hole in a vessel.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Stopple 76% connected

That which stops or closes the mouth of a vessel; a stopper; as, a glass stopple; a cork stopple.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 4

Tap 74% connected

To strike with a slight or gentle blow; to touch gently; to rap lightly; to pat; as, to tap one with the hand or a cane.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Tap 74% connected

To strike with a slight or gentle blow; to touch gently; to rap lightly; to pat; as, to tap one with the hand or a cane.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Tapper 74% connected

The lesser spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopus minor); -- called also tapperer, tabberer, little wood pie, barred woodpecker, wood tapper, hickwall, and…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Tapper 74% connected

The lesser spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopus minor); -- called also tapperer, tabberer, little wood pie, barred woodpecker, wood tapper, hickwall, and…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Containing whole 2

Barrel 70% connected

A round vessel or cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends or heads.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Cask 70% connected

Same as Casque.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Component part 3

Grip 70% connected

The griffin.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Handle 70% connected

To touch; to feel with the hand; to use or hold with the hand.

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Hold 70% connected

The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.

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Synonym 2

Faucet 92% connected

A fixture for drawing a liquid, as water, molasses, oil, etc., from a pipe, cask, or other vessel, in such quantities as may be desired; -- called al…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Tap 92% connected

To strike with a slight or gentle blow; to touch gently; to rap lightly; to pat; as, to tap one with the hand or a cane.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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