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klaff — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • leaf noun A flat, usually green part of a plant that grows from a stem or branch and carries out photosynthesis.
  • valve noun A device that controls or directs the flow of liquid or gas through a pipe or opening.

Senses

klaff is used for these senses in English:

  • leaf A flat section used to extend the size of a table.
  • valve A device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid through a space, such as a pipe, manifold, or plenum.
  • valve (anatomy) One or more membranous partitions, flaps, or folds, which permit the passage of the contents of a vessel or cavity in one direction, but stop or control the flow in the opposite direction.

leaf — full definition

  1. noun A flat, usually green part of a plant that grows from a stem or branch and carries out photosynthesis.
  2. noun A single sheet of paper in a book, counted as two pages (front and back).
  3. noun A thin, flat panel that can be added to a table to make it bigger, or one section of a hinged panel like a door.
  4. verb To grow leaves.

valve — full definition

  1. noun A device that controls or directs the flow of liquid or gas through a pipe or opening.
  2. noun A flap-like structure in the body, such as in the heart, that allows fluid to flow in only one direction.

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