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Valve

//ˈvælv// noun, verb

Noun

1
A device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid through a space, such as a pipe, manifold, or plenum.
"open the valve"
2
one of the paired hinged shells of certain molluscs and of brachiopods wordnet
3
A device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid through a space, such as a pipe, manifold, or plenum.; Such a device that admits fuel and air into the cylinder of an internal combustion engine, or one that allows combustion gases to exit.
"Near-synonym: poppet valve"
4
the entire one-piece shell of a snail and certain other molluscs wordnet
5
One or more membranous partitions, flaps, or folds, which permit the passage of the contents of a vessel or cavity in one direction, but stop or control the flow in the opposite direction.
"the ileocecal valve"

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6
control consisting of a mechanical device for controlling the flow of a fluid wordnet
7
One of the leaves of a folding door or of a window sash.
8
device in a brass wind instrument for varying the length of the air column to alter the pitch of a tone wordnet
9
A vacuum tube. British
10
a structure in a hollow organ (like the heart) with a flap to insure one-way flow of fluid through it wordnet
11
One of the pieces into which certain fruits naturally separate when they dehisce.
12
A small portion of certain anthers, which opens like a trapdoor to allow the pollen to escape, such as in the barberry.
13
One of the pieces or divisions of bivalve or multivalve shells.
14
One of the two similar portions of the shell of a diatom.

Verb

Etymology 1

From Middle English valve, from Latin valva (“double door, valve”). Doublet of valva.

Etymology 2

From Middle English valve, from Latin valva (“double door, valve”). Doublet of valva.

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