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stopcock definition

stop·cock (-käk′)

noun

a cock or valve for stopping or regulating the flow of a fluid, as through a pipe

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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