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stopcock in Spanish

stopcock in Spanish is llave de cierre — stopcock means a valve that controls how much liquid or gas flows through a pipe.

stopcock in Spanish

llave de cierre
noun
A valve, tap or faucet which regulates the flow of liquid or gas through a pipe.

What does "stopcock" mean?

  1. noun A valve that controls how much liquid or gas flows through a pipe.
  2. noun The valve that turns off a house's water supply from the mains, usually with one fitted outside the property and another inside.
    "If you have a burst pipe, turn the water off at the stopcock."
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stopcock in a sentence

  • If you have a burst pipe, turn the water off at the stopcock.

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What is "stopcock" in Spanish?
"stopcock" in Spanish is llave de cierre. stopcock means: A valve that controls how much liquid or gas flows through a pipe.
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