Sink, the Glossary
A sink is a bowl-shaped plumbing fixture for washing hands (also known as washbasin in the UK), dishwashing, and other purposes.[1]
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68 relations: Aesthetics, Automatic faucet, Butler, Cast iron, Catering, Ceramic, Concrete, Copper, Corrosion, Countertop, Die (manufacturing), Dipper well, Dishwashing, Drain (plumbing), Drain cleaner, Drawing (manufacturing), Edinburgh, Ergonomics, Floor plan, Flower, Frying pan, Garbage disposal unit, Gastronorm, Glass, Granite, Grinding machine, Hand, Jigsaw (tool), Kitchen, Kitchen sink realism, Lavabo, Marble, Nickel, Noise, Plastic, Plumber's snake, Plumbing, Plumbing fixture, Plunger, Poly(methyl methacrylate), Polyester, Porcelain, Public toilet, Restaurant, Rock (geology), Sandpaper, Sheet metal, Silicone, Sink strainer, Soap, ... Expand index (18 more) »
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Aesthetics
Aesthetics (also spelled esthetics) is the branch of philosophy concerned with the nature of beauty and the nature of taste; and functions as the philosophy of art.
Automatic faucet
An automatic faucet or tap (also hands-free faucet, touchless faucet, electronic faucet, motion-sensing faucet, sensor faucet, or infrared faucet) is a faucet equipped with a proximity sensor and mechanism that opens its valve to allow water to flow in response to the presence of a user's hands in close proximity.
Butler
A butler is a person who works in a house serving and is a domestic worker in a large household.
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Cast iron
Cast iron is a class of iron–carbon alloys with a carbon content of more than 2% and silicon content around 1–3%.
Catering
Catering is the business of providing food services at a remote site or a site such as a hotel, hospital, pub, aircraft, cruise ship, park, festival, filming location or film studio.
Ceramic
A ceramic is any of the various hard, brittle, heat-resistant, and corrosion-resistant materials made by shaping and then firing an inorganic, nonmetallic material, such as clay, at a high temperature.
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Concrete
Concrete is a composite material composed of aggregate bonded together with a fluid cement that cures to a solid over time.
Copper
Copper is a chemical element; it has symbol Cu and atomic number 29.
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Corrosion
Corrosion is a natural process that converts a refined metal into a more chemically stable oxide.
Countertop
A countertop, also counter top, counter, benchtop, worktop (British English) or kitchen bench (Australian or New Zealand English), bunker (Scottish English) is a raised, firm, flat, and horizontal surface.
Die (manufacturing)
A die is a specialized machine tool used in manufacturing industries to cut and/or form material to a desired shape or profile.
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Dipper well
A dipper well is a perpetual-flow sink often used in coffeehouses and ice cream shops to rinse utensils. Sink and dipper well are plumbing.
Dishwashing
Dishwashing, washing the dishes, doing the dishes, or washing up in Great Britain, is the process of cleaning cooking utensils, dishes, cutlery and other items to prevent foodborne illness.
Drain (plumbing)
A drain is the primary vessel or conduit for unwanted water or waste liquids to flow away, either to a more useful area, funnelled into a receptacle, or run into sewers or stormwater mains as waste discharge to be released or processed. Sink and drain (plumbing) are plumbing.
Drain cleaner
A drain cleaner or opener is a person, device or product unblocking sewer pipes or clogged wastewater drains. Sink and drain cleaner are plumbing.
Drawing (manufacturing)
Drawing is a manufacturing process that uses tensile forces to elongate metal, glass, or plastic.
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Edinburgh
Edinburgh (Dùn Èideann) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas.
Ergonomics
Ergonomics, also known as human factors or human factors engineering (HFE), is the application of psychological and physiological principles to the engineering and design of products, processes, and systems.
Floor plan
In architecture and building engineering, a floor plan is a technical drawing to scale, showing a view from above, of the relationships between rooms, spaces, traffic patterns, and other physical features at one level of a structure.
Flower
A flower, also known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants (plants of the division Angiospermae).
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Frying pan
A frying pan, frypan, or skillet is a flat-bottomed pan used for frying, searing, and browning foods.
Garbage disposal unit
A garbage disposal unit (also known as a waste disposal unit, food waste disposer (FWD), in-sink macerator, garbage disposer, or garburator) is a device, usually electrically powered, installed under a kitchen sink between the sink's drain and the trap.
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Gastronorm
Gastronorm (GN), sometimes spelled Gastro-Norm, is a European standard for kitchenware tray and container sizes that is commonly seen worldwide in the catering and professional food industry, as well as in certain parts of the high-end consumer market.
Glass
Glass is an amorphous (non-crystalline) solid.
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Granite
Granite is a coarse-grained (phaneritic) intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase.
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Grinding machine
A grinding machine, often shortened to grinder, is a power tool (or machine tool) used for grinding.
Hand
A hand is a prehensile, multi-fingered appendage located at the end of the forearm or forelimb of primates such as humans, chimpanzees, monkeys, and lemurs.
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A jigsaw is a reciprocating saw that can cut irregular curves, such as stenciled designs, in wood, metal, or other materials.
Kitchen
A kitchen is a room or part of a room used for cooking and food preparation in a dwelling or in a commercial establishment.
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Kitchen sink realism
Kitchen sink realism (or kitchen sink drama) is a British cultural movement that developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s in theatre, art, novels, film and television plays, whose protagonists usually could be described as "angry young men" who were disillusioned with modern society.
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Lavabo
A lavabo is a device used to provide water for the washing of hands.
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Marble
Marble is a metamorphic rock consisting of carbonate minerals (most commonly calcite (CaCO3) or dolomite (CaMg(CO3)2)) that have crystallized under the influence of heat and pressure.
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Nickel
Nickel is a chemical element; it has symbol Ni and atomic number 28.
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Noise
Noise is sound, chiefly unwanted, unintentional, or harmful sound considered unpleasant, loud, or disruptive to mental or hearing faculties.
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Plastic
Plastics are a wide range of synthetic or semi-synthetic materials that use polymers as a main ingredient.
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Plumber's snake
A plumber's snake or drain snake or drain auger is a slender, flexible auger used to dislodge clogs in plumbing. Sink and plumber's snake are plumbing.
Plumbing
Plumbing is any system that conveys fluids for a wide range of applications. Sink and Plumbing are bathrooms.
Plumbing fixture
A plumbing fixture is an exchangeable device which can be connected to a plumbing system to deliver and drain water. Sink and plumbing fixture are plumbing.
Plunger
A plunger is a device driven by or against fluid pressure. Sink and plunger are plumbing.
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Poly(methyl methacrylate)
Poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) is the synthetic polymer derived from methyl methacrylate.
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Polyester
Polyester is a category of polymers that contain one or two ester linkages in every repeat unit of their main chain.
Porcelain
Porcelain is a ceramic material made by heating raw materials, generally including kaolinite, in a kiln to temperatures between.
Public toilet
A public toilet, restroom, public bathroom or washroom is a room or small building with toilets (or urinals) and sinks for use by the general public.
Restaurant
A restaurant is a business that prepares and serves food and drinks to customers.
Rock (geology)
In geology, rock (or stone) is any naturally occurring solid mass or aggregate of minerals or mineraloid matter.
Sandpaper
Sheets of sandpaper with different grit sizes (40 (coarse), 80, 150, 240, 600 (fine)) Sandpaper, also known as glasspaper or as coated abrasive, is a type of material that consists of sheets of paper or cloth with an abrasive substance glued to one face.
Sheet metal is metal formed into thin, flat pieces, usually by an industrial process.
Silicone
In organosilicon and polymer chemistry, a silicone or polysiloxane is a polymer composed of repeating units of siloxane (where R.
Sink strainer
In plumbing, a sink strainer is a type of perforated metal sieve or mesh strainer used to strain or filter out solid debris in the water system.
Soap
Soap is a salt of a fatty acid (sometimes other carboxylic acids) used for cleaning and lubricating products as well as other applications.
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Soapstone
Soapstone (also known as steatite or soaprock) is a talc-schist, which is a type of metamorphic rock.
Spall
Spall are fragments of a material that are broken off a larger solid body.
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Stainless steel
Stainless steel, also known as inox, corrosion-resistant steel (CRES), and rustless steel, is an alloy of iron that is resistant to rusting and corrosion.
Steel
Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon with improved strength and fracture resistance compared to other forms of iron.
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Tap (valve)
A tap (also spigot or faucet: see usage variations) is a valve controlling the release of a fluid. Sink and tap (valve) are plumbing.
Tap water
Tap water (also known as running water, piped water or municipal water) is water supplied through a tap, a water dispenser valve.
Teak
Teak (Tectona grandis) is a tropical hardwood tree species in the family Lamiaceae.
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Terrazzo
Terrazzo is a composite material, poured in place or precast, which is used for floor and wall treatments.
Thermoplastic
A thermoplastic, or thermosoftening plastic, is any plastic polymer material that becomes pliable or moldable at a certain elevated temperature and solidifies upon cooling.
Trade-off
A trade-off (or tradeoff) is a situational decision that involves diminishing or losing on quality, quantity, or property of a set or design in return for gains in other aspects.
Trap (plumbing)
In plumbing, a trap is a U-shaped portion of pipe designed to trap liquid or gas to prevent unwanted flow; most notably sewer gases from entering buildings while allowing waste materials to pass through. Sink and trap (plumbing) are bathrooms.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.
Vitreous enamel
Vitreous enamel, also called porcelain enamel, is a material made by fusing powdered glass to a substrate by firing, usually between.
Washstand
A washstand or basin stand is a piece of furniture consisting of a small table or cabinet, usually supported on three or four legs, and most commonly made of mahogany, walnut, or rosewood, and made for holding a wash basin and water pitcher.
Weir
A weir or low-head dam is a barrier across the width of a river that alters the flow characteristics of water and usually results in a change in the height of the river level.
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Welding
Welding is a fabrication process that joins materials, usually metals or thermoplastics, primarily by using high temperature to melt the parts together and allow them to cool, causing fusion.
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Wood
Wood is a structural tissue found in the stems and roots of trees and other woody plants.
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Zinc
Zinc is a chemical element with the symbol Zn and atomic number 30.
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See also
Bathrooms
- Agha Mikayil Bath
- Barbara Penner
- Bathroom
- Bathroom cabinet
- Bathroom emergency pullstring
- Bathroom reading
- Bathroom sex
- Bathroom singing
- Bathtub
- Bathtub liner
- Chokak Hamam
- Cleret
- Deodorizing toilet seat
- Domestos
- Duravit
- Electronic bidet
- Flush toilet
- Four Seasons Bathhouse
- History of water supply and sanitation
- Hot tub
- Hygiene
- Low-flush toilet
- Medicine cabinet
- Personal care products
- Piping and plumbing fitting
- Plug (sanitation)
- Plumbing
- Public toilets
- Shower
- Sink
- Tabo (hygiene)
- Thompson v. Johnson County Community College
- Toilet
- Toilet (room)
- Toilet seat
- Toiletry bag
- Trap (plumbing)
- Unisex public toilet
Kitchen
- Abbot's Kitchen, Glastonbury
- Barbecue
- Barbecue grill
- Caboose (ship's galley)
- Cookhouse
- Dirty kitchen
- Dishcloth
- Dishwasher
- Farmhouse kitchen
- Frankfurt kitchen
- Galley (kitchen)
- H.E. Fledderjohann Property
- Hoosier cabinet
- Imperial Buttery
- Itamae
- Japanese kitchen
- Junk drawer
- Kamado
- Kitchen
- Kitchen cabinet
- Kitchen hood
- Kitchen maid (domestic worker)
- Kitchen stove
- Kitchen ventilation
- Kitchen work triangle
- Kitchenette
- Kitchenware
- Moley Robotics
- Outdoor cooking
- Outdoor fireplace
- Passthrough (architecture)
- Pot rack
- Recycled glass countertop
- Refrigerator
- Rosaghara
- Scullery
- Single-kitchen home
- Sink
- Soda machine (home appliance)
- Sramajibi Canteen
- Test kitchen
- Toaster
- TurboSwing
- Warranty
- Wet bar
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sink
Also known as Automatic sink, Belfast sink, Composite granite sinks, Granite sink, Handbasin, London sink, Marble sink, Resin washbasin, Sinks, Vessel sink, Wash basin, Wash basins, Wash bowl, Wash-basin, Wash-basins, Wash-hand basin, Washbasin, Washbasins.
, Soapstone, Spall, Stainless steel, Steel, Tap (valve), Tap water, Teak, Terrazzo, Thermoplastic, Trade-off, Trap (plumbing), United Kingdom, Vitreous enamel, Washstand, Weir, Welding, Wood, Zinc.