flange
a projecting rim, collar, or ring on a shaft, pipe, machine housing, etc., cast or formed to give additional strength, stiffness, or supporting area, or to provide a place for the attachment of other objects.
a broad ridge or pair of ridges projecting from the edge of a rolled metal shape generally at right angles, in order to strengthen or stiffen it.
a ring or collar, usually provided with holes for bolts, and screwed or welded over the end of a tube or pipe to permit other objects to be attached to it.
(in plumbing) a plate or flat ring bolted to the flange at the end of a length of pipe to close the end or to connect it with the flange of another such length: blind flange; spectacle flange.
to project like, or take the form of, a flange.
Origin of flange
1Other words from flange
- flangeless, adjective
- flanger, noun
- un·flanged, adjective
Words Nearby flange
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How to use flange in a sentence
The top flange consisted of cast iron hollow castings butted end to end, and the struts were of cast iron.
A main girder consists of an upper and lower flange, boom or chord and a vertical web.
Through the oval-shaped flange two bolts pass for attaching the bearing to the wrought-iron framing of the tender.
An Introduction to Machine Drawing and Design | David Allan LowOne flange was fastened to the wall of the dark room in a convenient place to support the device.
The Boy Mechanic, Book 2 | VariousThe bottoms of these mugs have a flange which makes a recessed part and in this the heating element is placed.
The Boy Mechanic, Book 2 | Various
British Dictionary definitions for flange
/ (flændʒ) /
a projecting disc-shaped collar or rim on an object for locating or strengthening it or for attaching it to another object
a flat outer face of a rolled-steel joist, esp of an I- or H-beam
a tool for forming a flange
(tr) to attach or provide (a component) with a flange
(intr) to take the form of a flange
Origin of flange
1Derived forms of flange
- flanged, adjective
- flangeless, adjective
- flanger, noun
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