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# flange

noun (a flange, flanges)

«flange» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A flange is a flat rim or edge that sticks out around a pipe, wheel or metal part, used to make it stronger, hold it in place or join it to something else. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flange/#m1)
2. On a train wheel, the flange is the raised inside edge that keeps the wheel on the rail. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flange/#m2)

### In the lessons

A technical word used in engineering, plumbing and design and technology. Pipes are joined by bolting their flanges together; train wheels stay on the track because of their flanges. Phrases: «pipe flange», «wheel flange».

### Examples

- The plumber bolted the two pipe flanges together. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flange/#x1)
- The flange on a train wheel stops it slipping off the rails. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flange/#x2)
- The shelf bracket has a flange for the screws. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flange/#x3)
- Check that the flange is flat before tightening. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flange/#x4)
- A tin can's rim is a kind of flange. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flange/#x5)
- The engineer measured the flange carefully. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flange/#x6)
- Baloo looked up to see where the voice came from, and there was Rann the Kite, sweeping down with the sun shining on the upturned flanges of his wings. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flange/#x7)

### Note

Countable. Say «flanj». Technical word.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «flange» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flange/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«flange» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/flange.html) on Mova free.