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Definitions for Flange

[1] a projecting rim, collar, or ring on a shaft, pipe, machine housing, etc., cast or formed to give additional strength, stiffness, or supporting area, or to provide a place for the attachment of other objects.
[2] a broad ridge or pair of ridges projecting from the edge of a rolled metal shape generally at right angles, in order to strengthen or stiffen it.
[3] a ring or collar, usually provided with holes for bolts, and screwed or welded over the end of a tube or pipe to permit other objects to be attached to it.
[4] (in plumbing) a plate or flat ring bolted to the flange at the end of a length of pipe to close the end or to connect it with the flange of another such length: blind flange; spectacle flange.
[5] to project like, or take the form of, a flange.
[6] a projecting disc-shaped collar or rim on an object for locating or strengthening it or for attaching it to another object
[7] a flat outer face of a rolled-steel joist, esp of an I- or H-beam
[8] a tool for forming a flange
[9] (tr) to attach or provide (a component) with a flange
[10] (intr) to take the form of a flange

Words related to Flange

rim, spout, projection, border, nozzle, overlap, portal, brim, flare, margin, labium, labrum

Words nearby Flange

flan ring, flanagan, flanch, flanders, flanders poppy, flange, flange coupling, flanged rail, flangeway, flank, flank position

Origin of Flange

1425–75; late Middle English flaunche side charge (on shield face) < Middle French flanche, feminine of flanc flank

Other words from Flange

flange·less , adjective
flang·er , noun
un·flanged , adjective

Word origin for Flange

C17: probably changed from earlier flaunche curved segment at side of a heraldic field, from French flanc flank

Synonyms for Flange

rim, border, brim, chops, flare, labium, margin, nozzle, overlap, portal, projection, spout, labrum