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check valve

2 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. check valve (noun)
  2. ball-check valve (noun)

check valve

noun

Definition of CHECK VALVE

: a valve that permits flow in one direction only

First Known Use of CHECK VALVE

circa 1877

Rhymes with CHECK VALVE

ball valve, bivalve, slide valve

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