valve
A device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid through a space, such as a pipe, manifold, or plenum.
Noun 4 meanings
A device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid through a space, such as a pipe, manifold, or plenum.
“open the valve”
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”
One of the leaves of a folding door or of a window sash.
A vacuum tube.
Verb 1 meaning
To control (flow) by means of a valve.
Etymology
From Middle English valve, from Latin valva (“double door, valve”). Doublet of valva.
VALVE at a glance
VALVE has 5 letters and scores 11 points in Scrabble (V 4 + A 1 + L 1 + V 4 + E 1) and 14 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,751 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with valve
All rhymesOne letter away
- VALUE8
- SALVE8
- HALVE11
- CALVE10
- VALSE8
- VARVE11
- VOLVE11
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