flange
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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
Wax gaskets placed on this flange provide the all-important seal between the underside of the toilet and the flange.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 10, 2023
He had installed the toilet flange directly on top of the subfloor of the condo.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 10, 2023
The flange flares out and a flat surface is at the top.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 10, 2023
He bent over and again forced back the leaden flange; and then a shock of surprise and dismay shot through me.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
Still, Kenmore created a new replacement part, doubling the thickness and adding flanges to make installation more flexible.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 5, 2023
Also brought ashore were what appeared to be the titanium flanges.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2023
One can join them using special flanges, much like ordinary pipes.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 5, 2022
Instead of the bell-shaped flanges of a traditional breast pump, a wearable pump has cups that can be tucked into the user’s bra.
From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2021
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
And also in Wilson, whose music derives first of all from black doo-wop, and whose voice on this track is gradually supplanted by a flanged synthesizer, as if being written over by Monáe’s creativity.
From Slate ● May 1, 2018
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
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?
To the first belong flanging and welding, to the latter generally all the other operations.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" by Various
When flanging a tube, it is held and rotated with the left hand as above described, while the right hand holds the flanging tool.
From Laboratory Manual of Glass-Blowing by Francis C. (Francis Cowles) Frary
This flanging may be done in several ways.
From Laboratory Manual of Glass-Blowing by Francis C. (Francis Cowles) Frary
The flanging arms of the V, forced in a place too narrow, had caught between heavy stubs.
From The Blazed Trail by Stewart Edward White
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