flange

It is supposed to be screwed to the floor and it also has slots that accept brass bolts used to connect the toilet to the flange.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 10, 2023

The flange flares out and a flat surface is at the top.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 10, 2023

This contractor broke the seal between the toilet and the flange.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 27, 2023

But Cronin’s lab went beyond that to zero in on the underside of your disposal’s black rubber drain flange, a location that tends to overperform on ickiness.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 11, 2022

He had constructed a flange that ran an inch past the length of the fin on both ends and bent it to match the curve of the casement.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

Bright orange robotic arms fastened bolts onto engine manifolds, pipe flanges and pump housings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

Reef life thrives on hyperbolism, so to speak; the curvy surface structure of coral maximizes nutrient intake, and nudibranchs propel through water with frilly flanges.

From New York Times ● Jan. 15, 2024

The flanges would then have made contact with the end caps.

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

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

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

He removed the Cap that had rested on his flanging Ears and sat at the Table with the Advance Agent and the English Tourist.

From More Fables by George Ade

This flanging may be done in several ways.

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

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

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