flange
An external or internal rib or rim, used either to add strength or to hold something…An external or internal rib or rim, used either to add strength or to hold something in place.
» Maybe you could use a flange on it?
Meaning
6 sensesAn external or internal rib or rim, used either to add strength or to hold something in place.
Flansch, Rippe, Sicke
фла́нецflánec
The projecting edge of a rigid or semi-rigid component.
Kante, Rand, Rippe
An ability in a role-playing game which is not commonly available, overpowered or arbitrarily imposed by the referees.
(slang, vulgar)The vulva.
(collective, humorous, rare)A group of baboons.
The electronic sound distortion produced by a flanger.
- a projection used for strength or for attaching to another object
Examples
2 sentencesMaybe you could use a flange on it?
Even with no flanges, conical wheels self-stabilize on rails.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 2
Origin
From dialectal English flange (“to project”), flanch (“a projection”), from Middle FrenchFrom dialectal English flange (“to project”), flanch (“a projection”), from Middle French flanche, from Old French flanche (“flank, side”), from Frankish *hlanku (“bend, curve; side, flank”). See flank. As a term for a group of baboons, it was popularized in the comedy TV series Not the Nine O'Clock News.
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