valver
valver noun: something, such as a radio or an engine, with the specified type or number of valves.
Noun
valver (plural valvers)
- 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
| plural | valvers |
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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
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