valve   (Sound)

The noun valve has 5 senses

• valve -- (a structure in a hollow organ (like the heart) with a flap to insure one-way flow of fluid through it)


• valve -- (device in a brass wind instrument for varying the length of the air column to alter the pitch of a tone)


• valve -- (control consisting of a mechanical device for controlling the flow of a fluid)


• valve -- (the entire one-piece shell of a snail and certain other molluscs)


• valve -- (one of the paired hinged shells of certain molluscs and of brachiopods)