flangenoun [ C ]
uk/flændʒ/us/flændʒ/a flat surface sticking out from an object, used to fix it to something or to make it stronger:
The flange around the wheels on railway trains helps to keep them on the rails.
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Surfaces of objects
- -backed
- back
- base
- bed
- crust
- face
- facet
- fore
- front
- nap
- plate
- rear
- reverse
- side
- superficialis
- surface
- surface area
- underneath
- underside
- ventral
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