VALVE
Scrabble letter values: V4A1L1V4E1 = 11
Definition
- noun a structure in a hollow organ (like the heart) with a flap to insure one-way flow of fluid through it.
- noun device in a brass wind instrument for varying the length of the air column to alter the pitch of a tone.
- noun control consisting of a mechanical device for controlling the flow of a fluid.
- noun the entire one-piece shell of a snail and certain other molluscs.
- noun one of the paired hinged shells of certain molluscs and of brachiopods.
Examples
- “the ileocolic, mitral, and semilunar valves”