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.
1We had a safety valve and that may have affected our display.
2These disks are a safety valve, deep down in Henrik's private underworld.
3And I would put that into the category of the safety valve.
4It was a safety valve that allowed the most desperate to go.
5Eph and Fet backed away from the blue-lit closet, their safety valve.
6A safety valve, a pressure indicator, and a blow-off complete the outfit.
7What is the purpose of a safety valve on a locomotive boiler?
8What should be done if a safety valve spring or stud breaks?
9This may be an important safety valve for the exam system in England.
10The steam escaping through the safety valve is passed through the same apparatus.
11If such a boiler is used, a small safety valve should be attached.
12The sound was exactly that of steam roaring from a locomotive's safety valve.
13Don't you take the monkey-wrench off the safety valve like that.
14So you'll have to be my safety valve, confidant and confessor.
15OPINION:Irish emigrants serve the body politic as a safety valve.
16The ability of your PC to run independent code is an important safety valve.
Translations for safety valve