flange
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A pair of pillows complement them, their flange tying into the little pops of pink that are found throughout the space.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 22, 2023
A 24-by-6-inch piece broke from the flange of one structural girder, Pihlstrom said.
From Seattle Times ● May 4, 2023
It’s mission-critical for the flange to be installed on top of the finished floor.
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
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
Also brought ashore were what appeared to be the titanium flanges.
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
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
It makes contact with a power rail, the flanged wheels roll onto rails of a track, and your car accelerates at a controlled rate of 0.3g.
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
Fire-door opening formed by flanging and riveting together the inner and outer sheets.
From Illustrated Catalogue of Locomotives Baldwin Locomotive Works by Matthew Baird
This is an important matter in using steel rivets and should not be overlooked; the same principle applies to the heating of steel plates for flanging.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 810, July 11, 1891 by Various
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
A better flanging tool is made from a triangular piece of copper or brass, about 1⁄16 inch thick, and mounted in a suitable handle.
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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