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clack boxes

clack boxes is the plural of clack box.

Meaning of clack box

Noun

clack box (plural clack boxes)

  1. The box or chamber in which a clack valve works.
    • The connecting pipe between a locomotive injector and the boiler, through which the water is forced into the boiler against the steam pressure within, is provided with a "clack-valve," which allows the water to pass in the inward direction only and not the outward; this is housed in a "clack-box"....1946 March and April, “The Why and The Wherefore: Clack-Boxes”, in Railway Magazine, page 129
  2. (UK, obsolete, slang) A person's tongue or mouth.
  3. (UK, obsolete, slang) A garrulous person; a chatterbox.

Questions about clack boxes

What is clack boxes the plural of?
Clack boxes is the plural of clack box.

Words near clack boxes in the dictionary

  1. Clachan of Campsie
  2. clachans
  3. Clachnaharry
  4. clack
  5. clack box
  6. clack boxes
  7. clack dish
  8. clack dishes
  9. clack door
  10. clack doors
  11. clack valve

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