Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

flapper valve

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.48 in modern English

Syllables: flap-per -valve
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of valve used in toilets, water softeners, etc. to create a watertight seal in the tank that holds water until it needs to be flushed, at which point the valve is raised.

Inflected Forms

flapper valves (plural)

Questions

What does flapper valve mean?: A kind of valve used in toilets, water softeners, etc. to create a watertight seal in the tank that holds water until it needs to be flushed, at which point the valve is raised.

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