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Definition: Escape Valve |
Escape ValveNoun1. A valve in a container in which pressure can build up (as a steam boiler); it opens automatically when the pressure reaches a dangerous level. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Escape ValveSynonyms: escape (n), escape cock (n), relief valve (n), safety valve (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Escape Valve |
| English words defined with "escape valve": relief valve. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "escape valve": bleed off. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "escape valve"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Portuguese | válvula de escape (atmospheric valve, discharge valve, exhaust valve). (various references) | |
Romanian | supapã de ieşire. (various references) | |
Spanish | válvula de huida. (various references) | |
Turkish | emniyet valfı. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-e-e-l-p-s-v-v" | |
-4 letters: cleaves, escapee, palaces. | |
-5 letters: asleep, calesa, calves, claves, cleave, clepes, elapse, escape, leaves, levees, palace, paleae, pascal, peaces, peeves, pelves, places, please, salpae, sleave, sleeve, valves. | |
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