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Safety valve Moderate

Safety valve has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a valve in a container in which pressure can build up (as a steam boiler); it opens automatically when the pressure reaches a dangerous level

2

A relief valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container (such as a boiler) would burst.

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
valve regulator
Rhyming Words
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