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say it: valv
valve is a noun meaning "a structure in a hollow organ (like the heart) with a flap to insure one-way flow of fluid through it". It is pronounced /ˈvælv/ — valv. It carries 5 recorded senses.
a structure in a hollow organ (like the heart) with a flap to insure one-way flow of fluid through it
device in a brass wind instrument for varying the length of the air column to alter the pitch of a tone
control consisting of a mechanical device for controlling the flow of a fluid
the entire one-piece shell of a snail and certain other molluscs
one of the paired hinged shells of certain molluscs and of brachiopods
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.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for valve come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.