stopcocks

plural of stopcock
as in valves
a fixture for controlling the flow of a liquid a mechanical engineer who designs industrial valves and stopcocks

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valves
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  • Bronstein is good that way, giving the audience some pressure-relief valves.
    Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 18 Oct. 2025
  • The second sound – the dub – occurs when the valves leading out of the heart close as the heart relaxes and refills with blood.
    Joshua Hutcheson, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2025
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“Stopcocks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stopcocks. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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