valve

What does valve mean?

• noun

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

• noun

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

• noun

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

• noun

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

• noun

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

Anagrams of valve