Safety Valve Definition

noun
An automatic valve for a steam boiler, pressure cooker, etc., which opens if the pressure becomes excessive.
Webster's New World
Any outlet for the release of strong emotion, energy, etc.
Webster's New World
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adjective
Attributive form of safety valve, noun.
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Other Word Forms of Safety Valve

Noun

Singular:
safety valve
Plural:
safety-valves

Safety Valve Sentence Examples

  • Meanwhile the reactionaries of Vienna were goading the Magyar Liberals into revolt, and Arany found a safety-valve for his growing indignation by composing a satirical poem in hexameters, entitled "The Lost Constitution."

  • To prevent this a safety valve should be fitted on the top of the boiler, or be connected thereto with a large pipe so as to be visible.

  • After a few months of life it was blown up, its attendant, annoyed by the sound of the escaping steam, having fastened down the safety-valve.

  • A small safety-valve placed in the steam pipe had been adjusted so as to blow off slightly at 310 lb and with a strong blast at 320 lb.

  • The girls ' explosions of impatience with official pomposity may have been a safety valve for his own.

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Words Starting With

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EVELVE

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