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SCOUR VALVE

Specialty Definition: SCOUR VALVE

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Building & Civil Engineering

A take-out connection with a gate valve placed at or near the low point of a syphon to empty the syphon when necessary to make repairs, to use it as a wasteway, to scout out deposited material in the syphon. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: SCOUR VALVE

Language Translations for "SCOUR VALVE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

udspulingsanlæg (blow off). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

uitspoelinrichting (blow off). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

tyhjennysaukko (blow off), päästöaukko (blow off). (various references)

   

French

  

purge. (various references)

   

German

  

Ausspülvorrichtung (blow off). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

διάταξις καθαρισμού (blow off), διάταξις εκκενώσεως (blow off). (various references)

   

Italian

  

scarico (discharge, discharging, drainage, dumping, escape, exhaust, flat, outgo, outlet, plughole, unloaded, unloading). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ourscay alvevay

   

Portuguese

  

purga (catharsis, purge). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

purga (bleeding, purge). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

utspolningsanordning (blow off). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: SCOUR VALVE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-e-l-o-r-s-u-v-v"

-2 letters: carousel, vacuoles.

-3 letters: acerous, alcoves, carolus, carouse, carvels, claroes, clavers, closure, clovers, coalers, coevals, colures, culvers, escolar, louvers, louvres, oculars, oracles, oscular, recoals, recusal, secular, solacer, vacuole, valours, valuers, velours.

-4 letters: alcove, arouse, avulse, calves, carles, carols, carvel, carves, caules, causer, cavers, ceorls, cerous, cesura, claros, clause, claver, claves, clavus, clears, closer, clours.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Translations: Modern
2. Anagrams
3. Bibliography


  

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