Flange

Quick meaning: Flange is a noun meaning An external or internal rib or rim, used either to add strength or to hold something in place.

Meaning

An external or internal rib or rim, used either to add strength or to hold something in place.

More Meanings

1. The projecting edge of a rigid or semi-rigid component.
2. (roleplaying games) An ability in a role-playing game which is not commonly available, overpowered or arbitrarily imposed by the referees.
3. The electronic sound distortion produced by a flanger.
4. (intransitive) To be bent into a flange.
5. (transitive, mechanics) To make a flange on; to furnish with a flange; to bend (esp. sheet metal) in the form of a flange.
6. (vulgar, slang) The vulva.
7. (rare, humorous, collective) A group of baboons.

Example Sentences

it's a flange of baboons

I suspect they hired a flange of baboons to mind the house.

'God, she's got a tight flange!' the plumber gasped, splaying the girl's buttocks and focusing on her O-ring.

[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.

Word Forms

• flanges
• flanging
• flanged

Synonyms for flange

Depending on context, synonyms include troop, congress, rim.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include rim, bevel, chamfer, ledge, sill, tab.

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