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clack valves

clack valves is the plural of clack valve.

Meaning of clack valve

Noun

clack valve (plural clack valves)

  1. A valve; especially one hinged at one edge, which, when raised from its seat, falls with a clacking sound.
    • 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

Questions about clack valves

What is clack valves the plural of?
Clack valves is the plural of clack valve.

Words near clack valves in the dictionary

  1. clack dish
  2. clack dishes
  3. clack door
  4. clack doors
  5. clack valve
  6. clack valves
  7. clacka
  8. Clackamas
  9. Clackamas County
  10. clackas
  11. clackbox

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