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top feeds

top feeds is the plural of top feed.

Meaning of top feed

Noun

top feed (plural top feeds)

  1. In locomotive boilers, a feed water check valve placed on the top of the boiler drum. This encourages rapid mixing of the cold feedwater with the hot steam, reducing the risk of thermal shock to the heated parts of the boiler.

Questions about top feeds

What is top feeds the plural of?
Top feeds is the plural of top feed.

Words near top feeds in the dictionary

  1. Top End
  2. top end of town
  3. Top Ender
  4. Top Enders
  5. top feed
  6. top feeds
  7. top fermentation
  8. top flight
  9. top flights
  10. top forty
  11. top from the bottom

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