flange

Example Sentences

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To mitigate risk of contamination, glove-up, flip up the flange, and scrub off the slime with grease-cutting dish soap or other cleaning solution.

From Seattle Times

For the gasket to produce a seal, there needs to be about a 3/8-inch gap between the top of the toilet flange and the underside of the toilet china.

From Seattle Times

One can join them using special flanges, much like ordinary pipes.

From Scientific American

Setting the proper width “is critical to ensuring that no unnecessary force is placed on the wheel flange by a restraining or guard rail,” he said.

From Washington Post

Instead, you'll want to reach for a toilet plunger, which should have an extension flange on the end of the bell.

From Salon