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valver

valver noun: something, such as a radio or an engine, with the specified type or number of valves.

Noun

valver (plural valvers)

  1. (in-compounds) Something, such as a radio or an engine, with the specified type or number of valves.
    • a three-valver; a nine-valver; a rotary-valver
    • The other day, for example, a giant of a set arrived- a ten-valver covering all the short-wave bands and also the medium.1935 February 2, Popular Wireless, volume XXVI, number 661, page 717, column 2

Examples of valver in a sentence

  • When he finished his act, there was a tumult of hand -clapping, reproduced with great power by the nine-valver.1938 July 5, Practical and Amateur Wireless, volume 12, number 294, page 194, column 1:
  • The carbureted, oversquare, 95.5 × 62.8mm, dohc four-valver uses a narrow 26-degree included valve angle for compactness.2004 January 8, Jimmy Lewis, “Suzuki's Aluminum Cre-Beater!”, in Cycle World:
  • Sorry, David, but I'm a little confused here, there was an implication that the set was a six-valver with two VP133's.2013 February 21, turretslug, UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum:
  • The three-valver harks back to the 5.5-liter V-12 that first appeared in the Maybach 57 in 2002.2015 February 17, Tom Salt, “Bentley Flying Spur vs. Mercedes-Benz S600 vs. Rolls-Royce Ghost Series II”, in MotorTrend:

Forms of valver

pluralvalvers

Origin of valver

From valve + -er.

Questions about valver

What does valver mean?
Valver means something, such as a radio or an engine, with the specified type or number of valves.
How do you use valver in a sentence?
When he finished his act, there was a tumult of hand -clapping, reproduced with great power by the nine-valver.
What part of speech is valver?
Valver is a noun.
What is the plural of valver?
The plural of valver is valvers.

Words near valver in the dictionary

  1. valvelet
  2. valvelets
  3. valvelike
  4. valveman
  5. valvemen
  6. valver
  7. Valverde
  8. Valverdes
  9. valvers
  10. valves
  11. valves of Kerckring

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