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flange
[ flanj ]
/ flændʒ /
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noun
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.
verb (used without object), flanged, flang·ing.
to project like, or take the form of, a flange.
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Origin of flange
1425–75; late Middle English flaunche side charge (on shield face) <Middle French flanche, feminine of flancflank
OTHER WORDS FROM flange
flangeless, adjectiveflanger, nounun·flanged, adjectiveWords nearby flange
flanch, Flanders, Flanders poppy, flânerie, flâneur, flange, flange coupling, flanged rail, flangeway, flank, flanken
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British Dictionary definitions for flange
flange
/ (flændʒ) /
noun
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
verb
(tr) to attach or provide (a component) with a flange
(intr) to take the form of a flange
Derived forms of flange
flanged, adjectiveflangeless, adjectiveflanger, nounWord Origin for flange
C17: probably changed from earlier flaunche curved segment at side of a heraldic field, from French flanc flank
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