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spit valve

spit valve noun: the water key found on brass instruments.

Noun

spit valve (plural spit valves)

  1. (slang) The water key found on brass instruments.

Forms of spit valve

pluralspit valves

Questions about spit valve

What does spit valve mean?
Spit valve means the water key found on brass instruments.
What part of speech is spit valve?
Spit valve is a noun.
What is the plural of spit valve?
The plural of spit valve is spit valves.

Words near spit valve in the dictionary

  1. spit tacks
  2. spit take
  3. spit takes
  4. spit the dummy
  5. spit up
  6. spit valve
  7. spit venom
  8. spit wad
  9. spit wads
  10. spit-and-polish
  11. spit-and-sawdust

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