flange
Americannoun
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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.
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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.
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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.
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(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)
noun
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a projecting disc-shaped collar or rim on an object for locating or strengthening it or for attaching it to another object
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a flat outer face of a rolled-steel joist, esp of an I- or H-beam
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a tool for forming a flange
verb
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(tr) to attach or provide (a component) with a flange
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(intr) to take the form of a flange
Other Word Forms
- flanged adjective
- flangeless adjective
- flanger noun
- unflanged adjective
Etymology
Origin of flange
1425–75; late Middle English flaunche side charge (on shield face) < Middle French flanche, feminine of flanc flank
Vocabulary lists containing flange
Civil Engineering
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Example Sentences
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The solution provides a new clamp nut with a raised flange on the upper edge where safety wire is attached between the clamp nut and a bolt on the actuator barrel.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 5, 2023
A toilet flange is a special plumbing fitting that is permanently attached to the drain pipe under the toilet.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 10, 2023
It’s mission-critical for the flange to be installed on top of the finished floor.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 10, 2023
But Cronin’s lab went beyond that to zero in on the underside of your disposal’s black rubber drain flange, a location that tends to overperform on ickiness.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 11, 2022
Two narrow straps cut from cold-rolled sheet steel were lapped over the extended flange and used to clamp the fins solidly in place.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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