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Webster 1913 Edition
Flange
1.
An external or internal rib, or rim, for strength, as the flange of an iron beam; or for a guide, as the flange of a car wheel (see
Car wheel
.); or for attachment to another object, as the flange on the end of a pipe, steam cylinder, etc. Knight.
2.
A plate or ring to form a rim at the end of a pipe when fastened to the pipe.
Blind flange
, a plate for covering or closing the end of a pipe.
– Flange joint
, a joint, as that of pipes, where the connecting pieces have flanges by which the parts are bolted together.
Knight.
– Flange rail
, a rail with a flange on one side, to keep wheels, etc. from running off.
– Flange turning
, the process of forming a flange on a wrought iron plate by bending and hammering it when hot.
Flange
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Flanged
(flănjd)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Flanging
(flăn′jĭng)
.] (Mach.)
To make a flange on; to furnish with a flange.
Flange
,Verb.
I.
To be bent into a flange.
Definition 2025
flange
flange
English
Flanges (ribs or rims)
Noun
flange (plural flanges)
- An external or internal rib or rim, used either to add strength or to hold something in place.
- The projecting edge of a rigid or semi-rigid component.
- (role-playing games) An ability in a role-playing game which is not commonly available, overpowered or arbitrarily imposed by the referees.
- 1998: Mr MI Pennington, Can the Players be Trusted? on rec.games.frp.live-action [The] enduring problem with the Gathering is that [players] can't affect anything that happens ... whatever they do, the LT just flange it back to the original plot line.
- 2007: balor, Changing the metaphysics on Rule 7 'Oh look , the amulet of flange has been activated, this means all Paladins now only have one heal per day instead of two.'
- (vulgar slang) A ****.
- 2001: tedfat, Flange!!!! in alt.society.nottingham
- I was in bed the other day with the missus and I asked to see her flange. Imagine my surprise when she got up went downstairs to my toolbox and brought me up a metal looking object called a flange!!!!! Needless to say when she asked to see my nuts the next time I obliged by doing exactly the same as her.
- 2003: Ray Gordon, Hot Sheets
- 'God, she's got a tight flange!' the plumber gasped, splaying the girl's buttocks and focusing on her O-ring.
- 2001: tedfat, Flange!!!! in alt.society.nottingham
- (rare, humorous) The collective noun for a group of baboons.
- 2006, Rick Crosier - Getting Away with Murder
- (I suspect they hired a flange of baboons to mind the house.)
- 2006, Rick Crosier - Getting Away with Murder
Synonyms
- (collective noun for a group of baboons) congress
Translations
rib or rim for strengthening
projecting edge
ability in a role-playing game
slang:**** — see ****
Verb
flange (third-person singular simple present flanges, present participle flanging, simple past and past participle flanged)
- (intransitive) To be bent into a flange.
- (transitive) To make a flange on; to furnish with a flange.
Anagrams
Danish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /flanɡsjɘ/, [ˈflɑŋɕɘ]
Noun
flange c (singular definite flangen, plural indefinite flanger)
- flange (external or internal rib or rim)
Inflection
Inflection of flange
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | flange | flangen | flanger | flangerne |
| genitive | flanges | flangens | flangers | flangernes |