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Word entry · 5 letters

valve

Best crossword clue

"Flow-control part"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ˈvælv/Part of speech nounSorted aelvvStarts with VEnds with E1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

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

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • open the valve
  • close the valve
  • shut off the valve

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01Flow-control part5 letters

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