Kingston-valve Definition

noun

A valve fitted in the bottom of a ship's fuel, water or ballast tank that allows seawater to enter for the purposes of cleaning and to admit water ballast.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Kingston-valve

Noun

Singular:
kingston-valve
Plural:
kingston-valves

Origin of Kingston-valve

  • After its inventor John Kingston (1786-1847), an English engineer.

    From Wiktionary

Related Articles

Find Similar Words

Find similar words to kingston-valve using the buttons below.

Words Starting With

KKIKIN

Words Ending With

EVELVE

Unscrambles

kingston-valve

Words Starting With K and Ending With E

Starts With K & Ends With EStarts With KI & Ends With EStarts With K & Ends With VE

Word Length

14 Letter Words14 Letter Words Starting With K14 Letter Words Ending With E