flange
[ flanj ]
/ flændʒ /
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.
Origin of flange
1425–75; late Middle English
flaunche side charge (on shield face) < Middle French
flanche, feminine of
flanc
flank
OTHER WORDS FROM flange
flange·less, adjective flang·er, noun un·flanged, adjectiveWords nearby flange
flan ring,
flanagan,
flanch,
flanders,
flanders poppy,
flange,
flange coupling,
flanged rail,
flangeway,
flank,
flank position
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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, adjective flangeless, adjective flanger, nounWord Origin for flange
C17: probably changed from earlier
flaunche curved segment at side of a heraldic field, from French
flanc
flank
Medical definitions for flange
flange
[ flănj ]
n.
A projecting rim or edge.
The part of the denture base that extends from the cervical ends of the teeth to the border of the denture.