Gate and Tap

Gate

Gate noun - A fixture for controlling the flow of a liquid.

Usage example: opens the gate in the lock so the ships can get through the canal

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Tap and gate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tap" instead a noun "Gate".

Nearby Words: gat, gateway, gated, gatehouse, gating

Tap noun - A fixture for controlling the flow of a liquid.

Usage example: turn the tap to the right for cold water and to the left for hot water

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Gate and tap are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Gate" instead a noun "Tap".

Nearby Words: tapped, tapping, taproom, tapper

special	special gate	special tap
single	single gate	single tap
small	small gate	small tap
back	back gate	back tap
Other adjectives: new, last, literal, giant, aforementioned, nearest.

A few minutes earlier, Undertaker made Punk tap out with Hell's Gate, but Long declared that it didn't count and ordered the match to continue.

Source: Wrestling / Montreal Screwjob
The dwarves built a Crystal Gate in the city to tap into abyssal energy.

Source: Came Back Wrong
The Crystal Gate in the ancient sealed dwarven capital city, Heart of the Mountains, was leaking the abyssal energy it was designed to tap into, causing animals to mutate into monsters and the dead to rise as undead.

Source: Literature / Way Home

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