What is the cylindrical thing (part of the sink) that is next to the faucet on some kitchen sinks?

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Wo asked:


I never had a sink with one before but we bought a new house and it has one. I want to know what it is called and what the function is. It’s something with a cylindrical cap about 3″-4″ tall that sits atop the sink. I know they’re relatively common.
Here is a picture I found doing an image search. It’s the thing to the left of the faucet.

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I guess it could be a sprayer hook up but that would be kind of dumb since our faucet itself has an extendable sprayer on the end.
I bet Nick and Peep are right. I wonder how if works.

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    No Responses to “What is the cylindrical thing (part of the sink) that is next to the faucet on some kitchen sinks?”

    1. jenkline75 Says:
      June 10th, 2010 at 8:17 am

      The technical names here.

    2. Mel-Mel Says:
      June 11th, 2010 at 8:43 pm

      My old place it was where we could install one of those sprayer hoses.

    3. Nick Nameless Says:
      June 14th, 2010 at 12:17 am

      For the dishwasher sometimes it is vent for the hole where the sprayer would go if.

    4. Peep Says:
      June 15th, 2010 at 12:08 am

      The dishwasher spill flange.
      An overflow for the dishwasher spill flange.

    5. prvlmlwrght Says:
      June 17th, 2010 at 11:42 pm

      Drinking water tap (usually filtered)

    6. john c Says:
      June 21st, 2010 at 12:34 am

      For your dishwasher.

    7. Suzy Cutes Says:
      June 23rd, 2010 at 3:51 pm

      The picture is in the sink to see if its attached to see if its attached to anything.
      The exact same place as my builtin soap dispenser have you looked under the dohickey in the sink to anything.

    8. novastarga1 Says:
      June 24th, 2010 at 6:01 am

      Dishwasher/Garbage Disposal Vent

      Here’s a diagram:

    9. Chuck K Says:
      June 27th, 2010 at 4:43 am

      The dishwasher vent.

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