flange
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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
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
This contractor broke the seal between the toilet and the flange.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 27, 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
“A metal flange that had been banged aside?”
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
In the far distance, the twin flanges of Husky Stadium rise up over the landscape like a pair of reversed gullwing doors on a DeLorean.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 5, 2024
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
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
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
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
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
The removal of his velvet hat disclosed wide and flanging ears which gave his face an expression of quaint comedy, now at variance with his aghast and solemn look.
From Jane Journeys On by Ruth Comfort Mitchell
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
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