valve
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a structure in a hollow organ (like the heart) with a flap to insure one-way flow of fluid through it
Types & categories
- anatomical structure hypernym
- heart valve hyponym
- valvule hyponym
- ileocecal valve hyponym
Parts & wholes
- ticker part holonym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
device in a brass wind instrument for varying the length of the air column to alter the pitch of a tone
Types & categories
- device hypernym
Parts & wholes
- brass instrument part holonym
Related & opposite
- valvule derivation
Sense 3 noun
control consisting of a mechanical device for controlling the flow of a fluid
Types & categories
- controller hypernym
- throttle hyponym
- ball valve hyponym
- butterfly valve hyponym
- choke hyponym
- clack valve hyponym
- exhaust valve hyponym
- intake valve hyponym
- poppet hyponym
- safety valve hyponym
- slide valve hyponym
Parts & wholes
Related & opposite
Sense 4 noun
the entire one-piece shell of a snail and certain other molluscs
Types & categories
- shell hypernym
Sense 5 noun
one of the paired hinged shells of certain molluscs and of brachiopods
Types & categories
- shell hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | valvule |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | valvular |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | ticker |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | anatomical structure |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | heart valve |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | valvule |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ileocecal valve |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | valvule |
| 2 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | brass instrument |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | device |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | valvule |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | valvular |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | handwheel |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | handwheel |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | controller |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | throttle |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | ball valve |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | butterfly valve |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | choke |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | clack valve |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | exhaust valve |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | intake valve |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | poppet |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | safety valve |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | slide valve |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | shell |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | shell |