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flange

[flanj] / flændʒ /


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A 24-by-6-inch piece broke from the flange of one structural girder, Pihlstrom said.

From Seattle Times ● May 4, 2023

A toilet flange is a special plumbing fitting that is permanently attached to the drain pipe under the toilet.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 10, 2023

I was looking at a toilet flange buried beneath two layers of laminate flooring!

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 10, 2023

While the flooring contractor’s intentions may have been good, he broke the all-important toilet gasket seal and buried the toilet flange with the new laminate flooring.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 27, 2023

He knelt on one knee beside his battery hold and banged with the gaff at the metal flange.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson

The flanges and their join to the carbon fibre will be central to the investigation now under way with US and Canadian authorities.

From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2023

I oversaw the plumber install the correct amount of wax rings on top of the toilet flanges and reset the toilets correctly.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 10, 2023

One can join them using special flanges, much like ordinary pipes.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 5, 2022

With their curves and flanges they could be giant examples of Julia’s rococo designs.

From New York Times ● Nov. 8, 2018

To the west, between two of the flanges of the tree that spread out to be roots, was a cavity.

From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

"This trend uses modern-made pieces but has traditional design elements and materials. Think skirted, flanged, wingbacked, or rolled seating. For materials, this means more linen, mohair, natural stone and wood," DelMonico adds.

From Fox News ● Mar. 3, 2022

The latest is the Series 18, a heel-shafted, flanged blade with a cavity sole and high density tungsten in the extreme heel and toe.

From Golf Digest ● Jan. 21, 2020

People talked knowledgeably about foam versus flanged, domes versus cylinders, bone conduction, how to avoid ear infections, and the importance of bringing noise-absorbing furniture and carpets into your home.

From Slate ● May 13, 2019

Beneath the car, unseen, are four flanged wheels of smaller diameter than the car’s tires.

From The Verge ● Feb. 24, 2016

Between the sight lines of my raised knees his ear appeared, an amazing organ all its own, whorled and flanged, translucent in the bright lights.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

The hot color flooded his face, his freckles were drowned in a red sea, his flanging ears were crimson.

From Jane Journeys On by Ruth Comfort Mitchell

This flanging of the upper end or tail ensures the arrow spinning rapidly as it falls through the air, and at the same times preserves its vertical position during its descent.

From Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War by Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot

Shows all types of boilers used; gives details of construction; practical facts, such as life of riveting, punches and dies; work done per day, allowance for bending and flanging sheets and other data.

From Aviation Engines Design?Construction?Operation and Repair by Victor Wilfred Pag?

This loomed twenty feet aloft, flanging out mushroom-fashion over the lower story, which presented a solid base.

From Ralph in the Switch Tower by Allen Chapman

If the diameter of this tube should be much greater than that of the small tube, the latter may be enlarged with a carbon or a flanging tool.

From Laboratory Manual of Glass-Blowing by Francis C. (Francis Cowles) Frary


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