BALLCOCK

ballcock, ball cock

(noun) floating ball that controls level in a water tank

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

ballcock (plural ballcocks)

A floating sphere, attached to a lever, that controls the level of liquid in a cistern.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

4 January 2025

RESURGE

(verb) rise again; “His need for a meal resurged”; “The candidate resurged after leaving politics for several years”


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Coffee Trivia

The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.

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