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flapper valve

flapper valve noun: a kind of valve used in toilets, water softeners, etc. to create a watertight seal in the tank that holds water until it needs to be flushed, at which point the valve is raised.

Noun

flapper valve (plural flapper valves)

  1. A kind of valve used in toilets, water softeners, etc. to create a watertight seal in the tank that holds water until it needs to be flushed, at which point the valve is raised.

Forms of flapper valve

pluralflapper valves

Questions about flapper valve

What does flapper valve mean?
Flapper valve means a kind of valve used in toilets, water softeners, etc. to create a watertight seal in the tank that holds water until it needs to be flushed, at which point the valve is raised.
What part of speech is flapper valve?
Flapper valve is a noun.
What is the plural of flapper valve?
The plural of flapper valve is flapper valves.

Words near flapper valve in the dictionary

  1. flapper boards
  2. flapper pie
  3. flapper pies
  4. flapper skate
  5. flapper skates
  6. flapper valve
  7. flapper valves
  8. flapperdom
  9. flapperesque
  10. flappergast
  11. flappergasted

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