Stopcock vs Knob - What's the difference?
stopcock | knob | Related terms |
A valve, tap or faucet which regulates the flow of liquid or gas through a pipe.
(British) A main shutoff for water to a home from a municipal supply. Usually these valves exist in pairs, on outside the property boundary and one inside the property boundary.
A rounded protuberance, handle, or control switch.
(geography) A prominent rounded hill.
A rounded ornament on the hilt of an edged weapon; a pommel.
A prominent, rounded bump along a mountain ridge.
(plural) breasts.
(British, NZ, slang) A penis.
(slang, pejorative) A contemptible person.
(cooking) A dollop, an amount just larger than a spoonful (usually referring to butter)
(British, slang, vulgar, of a man) To have sex with.
Stopcock is a related term of knob.
As nouns the difference between stopcock and knob
is that stopcock is a valve, tap or faucet which regulates the flow of liquid or gas through a pipe while knob is a rounded protuberance, handle, or control switch.As a verb knob is
(british|slang|vulgar|of a man) to have sex with.stopcock
English
(wikipedia stopcock)Noun
(en noun)- If you have a burst pipe turn the water off at the stopcock .