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Ball Cock
see synonyms of ball cockNoun
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Ball Cock
see synonyms of ball cocknoun
a device for regulating the flow of a liquid into a tank, cistern, etc, consisting of a floating ball mounted at one end of an arm and a valve on the other end that opens and closes as the ball falls and rises with the water level in the cistern
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Ball Cock
see synonyms of ball cock a device consisting of a valve connected by a lever to a floating ball that shuts the valve when raised and opens it when lowered, as in flush toilets
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Ball Cock
see synonyms of ball cockn.
A self-regulating device controlling the supply of water in a tank, cistern, or toilet by means of a float connected to a valve that opens or closes with a change in water level.
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