valve

CEFRB1

/ˈvælv/

noun

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In plain English

01
noun
A device that controls the flow of a liquid, gas, or air.
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noun
Extra detail
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.

Examples

He was born with an incompletely formed heart valve.
In an unusual move, this school's big band uses slide trumpets and valve trombones exclusively.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Deep Dive

Extra meanings

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.
One of the leaves of a folding door or of a window sash.

In context

The exit flow rate is proportional to the pressure difference around the exit valve.
shut off the valve
close the valve

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Question 1 · Quick check

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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