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head valve

head valve noun: a valve positioned at the top or intake of a pump, pipe, or similar system.

Noun

head valve (plural head valves)

  1. A valve positioned at the top or intake of a pump, pipe, or similar system.

Forms of head valve

pluralhead valves

Questions about head valve

What does head valve mean?
Head valve means a valve positioned at the top or intake of a pump, pipe, or similar system.
What part of speech is head valve?
Head valve is a noun.
What is the plural of head valve?
The plural of head valve is head valves.

Words near head valve in the dictionary

  1. head tube
  2. head tubes
  3. head unit
  4. head units
  5. head up
  6. head valve
  7. head valves
  8. head voice
  9. head voices
  10. head wall
  11. head wind

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