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flange

[flanj] / flændʒ /


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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

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

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 27, 2023

Now, each time the toilet was flushed, water splashed around under the toilet, and some leaked out around the toilet 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

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

If there are, investigators will want to examine them for any evidence of the carbon layers beginning to separate - a process known as delamination - especially at the point where they joined the flanges.

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

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

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

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

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


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