pressure valve

noun

A valve designed to open when subjected to a given amount of pressure. Also used figuratively.

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Meanings

nounpressure valve (plural pressure valves)

plural pressure valves

  1. A valve designed to open when subjected to a given amount of pressure. Also used figuratively.

    WikiLeaks might have provided a pressure valve for those agents who were terribly worried about what might happen and frustrated by their superiors' seeming indifference.

    2010 October 15, Los Angeles Times

Translations

French soupape de sécurité
  • soupape de sécuritévalve which opens under set amount of pressure
German Druckventil
  • Druckventilvalve which opens under set amount of pressure
Romanian supapă de siguranță, valvă de presiune
  • supapă de siguranțăvalve which opens under set amount of pressure
  • valvă de presiunevalve which opens under set amount of pressure
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APA

pressure valve. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pressure%20valve

MLA

“pressure valve.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pressure%20valve. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pressure valve,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pressure%20valve.

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