Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

four-way cock

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.20 in modern English

Syllables: four-way -cock
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A cock connected with four pipes or ports, and having two or more passages in the plug, by which the adjacent pipes or ports may be made to communicate; formerly used as a valve in the steam engine, and for various other purposes.

Example Sentences

"the chamber of the four-way cock"

Inflected Forms

four-way cocks (plural)

Synonyms

four-way valve

Questions

What does four-way cock mean?: A cock connected with four pipes or ports, and having two or more passages in the plug, by which the adjacent pipes or ports may be made to communicate; formerly used as a valve in the steam engine, and for various other purposes.

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