noun. A protruding rim, edge, rib, or collar, as on a wheel or a pipe shaft, used to strengthen an object, hold it in place, or attach it to another object.

noun. A wide edge on a pillow, placemat, or other fabric object, especially a piece of fabric or ribbon extending from the outer seam.

To project out.

To be bent into a flange; take the form of a flange.

To furnish with a flange; make a flange on.

noun. A projecting edge, rim, or rib on any object, as the rims by which cast-iron pipes are connected together, or the marginal projections on the tires of railroad-car wheels to keep them on the rails.

noun. A strengthening rib: as, the flange of a fish-bellied rail or girder.

noun. A plate placed over the end of a pipe or cylinder to close it partly or wholly.

intransitive verb. To be bent into a flange.

noun. 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.

noun. A plate or ring to form a rim at the end of a pipe when fastened to the pipe.

noun. a plate for covering or closing the end of a pipe.

noun. a joint, as that of pipes, where the connecting pieces have flanges by which the parts are bolted together.

noun. a rail with a flange on one side, to keep wheels, etc. from running off.

noun. the process of forming a flange on a wrought iron plate by bending and hammering it when hot.

transitive verb. To make a flange on; to furnish with a flange.

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

noun. The projecting edge of a rigid or semi-rigid component.

noun. An ability in a role-playing game which is not commonly available, overpowered or arbitrarily imposed by the referees.

noun. A vulva.

noun. The collective noun for a group of baboons.

verb. To be bent into a flange.

noun. a projection used for strength or for attaching to another object

"Last week, as you remember, we removed the stub of the riser pipe and we put in what we call a flange spool."

backing-up flange  blank flange  blind flange  

flanged  flanging  

projection  

Tange  gange  phalange  

axle  bulkhead  cam  clamp  clevis  

bank  bilge  blain  bleb  blister  

car wheel  

flanged  flanges  flanging