The word 'stopcock' is correct and usable in written English.
A stopcock is a type of valve used to control the flow of a liquid or gas through a pipe or tubing. It is typically used in plumbing, laboratory equipment, and other industrial applications. Example: Please check the stopcock on the water pipe to make sure it is properly closed before you start working on the plumbing.
The process is usually carried out by gradually adding a standard solution (i.e., a solution of known concentration) of titrating reagent, or titrant, from a burette, essentially a long, graduated measuring tube with a stopcock and a delivery tube at its lower end.
As he started off in search of a men's room, he said to me, "If the cargo starts to spill or all hell breaks loose, turn that stopcock and pull down the lever of the internal valve".
"The stopcock is broken off this manifold and needs to be sealed back together".
I have a pipe that is leaking and am advised by my plumber to ask Thames Water to turn off the boundary stopcock in order that he can repair my own.
It's like holding a World's Best Plumber contest and then forcing the winner to poke at your stopcock while he whistles through his teeth.
I can... I... 7) Goddammit - this is the third consecutive night I have dreamt about Katie and Peter... 8) Tomorrow's To Do List: pay the thingy bill, and the other one, and call wotsit to chase the thing about the stopcock.
Everybody should know one thing about their plumbing: where their stopcock is.
9) Is that thing really a stopcock?
Analysts at Nomura reckon that it would only take a halt of exports from Algeria as well to absorb all the slack and propel oil to a terrifying $220 a barrel.Despite saying it stands ready to produce more oil, Saudi Arabia has so far been reluctant to turn its stopcocks.
His procedure, as Hempel explains it, involved feeding sulfuric acid and zinc through an apparatus that combined tubes, rods, stopcocks, nozzles, and a great deal more.
When I eventually visited – yes, on a geography field trip – no cider, to my dismay, was found in any stopcocks, and elves were thin on the ground.
