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How to pronounce “valve”

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Pronunciation guide for valve

Learning goal
Practice the English pronunciation of valve with real speech in context.
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8 YouTube examples
Real speech example
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Definition summary
A device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid through a space, such as a pipe, manifold, or plenum.

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How to pronounce valve

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Example Sentences

A Deep Dive Into “valve”

Meaning

  • [Noun]
  • A device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid through a space, such as a pipe, manifold, or plenum.
  • (anatomy) 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.
  • One of the leaves of a folding door or of a window sash.
  • (chiefly British) A vacuum tube.
  • (botany) One of the pieces into which certain fruits naturally separate when they dehisce.
  • (botany) A small portion of certain anthers, which opens like a trapdoor to allow the pollen to escape, such as in the barberry.
  • (biology) One of the pieces or divisions of bivalve or multivalve shells.
  • (biology) One of the two similar portions of the shell of a diatom.
  • [Verb]
  • (transitive) To control (flow) by means of a valve.

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