Wiktionary
n. A spout connected to a socket to provide water from the main water supply.
WordNet
n. a faucet for drawing water from a pipe or cask [syn: water faucet, tap, spigot, hydrant]
Usage examples of "water tap".
He leaned against the side wall, arching himself over the expanse of the enormous tub and reached through the steam to the tap, twisting the left one, the hot-water tap.
In the bath, he ran the cold-water tap and put his head under the gushing water.
He went into the bathroom, opened the window to its fullest extent, removed the cistern cover, took out the scotch, turned on the hot water tap and systematically poured half the contents of the bottle into the basin.
Then he sets down the hammer and walks out to the stone-walled water tap to wash off his face and get a drink of cool water.
Teledu was down at the water tap aft of the pilot house, filling up rubbers - among them Pig's French ticklers - and passing them to Lazar who was putting them next to Pig.
In the middle of the night she dreamed the water tap in the corner of her bedroom was dripping.
Mary silenced the jangle with a slap of her palm, and she turned on the cold water tap in the shower and stepped into the bitter flood.
There was one water tap per hundred families, no sewers, no electric light, but the city of these squatters thrived and was mostly well ordered.
Somewhere inside, someone had turned on a water tap and he could hear water rushing into a basin.
Awkwardly he grabbed the phone off the wall with his right hand while turning on the hot water tap with his left and dousing a washcloth under the stream.