valve

1. 1.

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

   Broaderstructure

   Narrowerheart valvevalvuleileocecal valve

   Part ofheart
2. 2.

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

   Broaderdevice

   Part ofbrass
3. 3.

   control consisting of a mechanical device for controlling the flow of a fluid

   Broadercontrol

   Narroweracceleratorball valvebutterfly valvechokeclack valveexhaust valveintake valvepoppetsafety valveslide valve

   Partshandwheel
4. 4.

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

   Broadershell
5. 5.

   one of the paired hinged shells of certain molluscs and of brachiopods

   Broadershell

Other forms of valve

plural

valves·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about valve

What does valve mean?

valve means "a structure in a hollow organ (like the heart) with a flap to insure one-way flow of fluid through it". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in valve?

valve has 1 syllable: valve. In IPA it is /ˈvælv/.

Is valve a common word?

valve is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with valve?

1 word rhymes with valve. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.