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valve

noun

1 valve

A structure in a hollow organ (like the heart) with a flap to insure one-way flow of fluid through it.

Roget 350: conduit, channel, duct, watercourse, race; head race, tail race; abito, aboideau, aboiteau [Fr.], bito; acequia, acequiador, acequiamadre; ... show more

Roget 263: stopper, stopple; plug, cork, bung, spike, spill, stopcock, tap; rammer; ram, ramrod; piston; ... show more

Dutch: klep
Polish: zastawka

2 valve

Device in a brass wind instrument for varying the length of the air column to alter the pitch of a tone.

Polish: piston, wentyl

3 valve

Control consisting of a mechanical device for controlling the flow of a fluid.

Dutch: klep, ventiel, ventielklep
Polish: zawór

4 valve

The entire one-piece shell of a snail and certain other molluscs.

5 valve

One of the paired hinged shells of certain molluscs and of brachiopods.


Moby thesaurus: aerophone, ball cock, ball valve, bell, bung, bunghole, check valve, cock, cork, discharge tube, double reed, drain cock, draw cock, embouchure, faucet, gate, horn, key, lid, lip ... show more.

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