air valve

noun

a device for controlling the flow of air, as from a pipe or tank.

Words nearby air valve

air-traffic control, air-transportable, airtsy-mairtsy, air turbine, air twist, air valve, air varié, air vesicle, air vice-marshal, air walk, air war

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Example sentences from the Web for air valve

If now the air-valve be opened very slightly, an internal cone of the same blue colour makes its appearance.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4|Various
He stopped the engines, opened the air-valve, and the great ship instantly began to settle quietly down.
With Airship and Submarine|Harry Collingwood
The professor opened the air-valve and the ship at once began to settle down.
The Log of the Flying Fish|Harry Collingwood
It was the kind of door that shuts with an air-valve, and it closed gradually, tranquilly, like velvet; a perfect lady of a door.
Life's Minor Collisions|Frances Warner

British Dictionary definitions for air valve

air valve

noun

a device for controlling the flow of air in a pipe

a valve for exhausting air from a fluid system, esp from a central-heating installationSee also bleed valve

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单词	air valve
释义	air valve noun a device for controlling the flow of air, as from a pipe or tank. Words nearby air valve air-traffic control, air-transportable, airtsy-mairtsy, air turbine, air twist, air valve, air varié, air vesicle, air vice-marshal, air walk, air war Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for air valve If now the air-valve be opened very slightly, an internal cone of the same blue colour makes its appearance. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4\|Various He stopped the engines, opened the air-valve, and the great ship instantly began to settle quietly down. With Airship and Submarine\|Harry Collingwood The professor opened the air-valve and the ship at once began to settle down. The Log of the Flying Fish\|Harry Collingwood It was the kind of door that shuts with an air-valve, and it closed gradually, tranquilly, like velvet; a perfect lady of a door. Life's Minor Collisions\|Frances Warner British Dictionary definitions for air valve air valve noun a device for controlling the flow of air in a pipe a valve for exhausting air from a fluid system, esp from a central-heating installationSee also bleed valve Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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