Usually means: Release mechanism for excess pressure.
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General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. escape valve: Merriam-Webster
  2. escape valve: Collins English Dictionary
  3. escape valve: Vocabulary.com
  4. escape-valve, escape valve: Wordnik
  5. escape valve: Wiktionary
  6. Escape valve, escape valve: Dictionary.com
  7. escape valve: Rhymezone
  8. escape valve: FreeDictionary.org
  9. escape valve: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. escape valve: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. escape valve: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. escape valve: Encyclopedia

(Note: See escape_valves as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (escape valve)

noun:  A valve on a boiler to let the steam escape.
noun:  (figurative) Any psychological mechanism to relieve stress.

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