flange

Noun

a projection used for strength or for attaching to another object
An external or internal rib or rim, used either to add strength or to hold something in place.
The projecting edge of a rigid or semi-rigid component.
An ability in a role-playing game which is not commonly available, overpowered or arbitrarily imposed by the referees.
The vulva.
A group of baboons.
The electronic sound distortion produced by a flanger.

Verb

To be bent into a flange.
To make a flange on; to furnish with a flange; to bend (esp. sheet metal) in the form of a flange.
To mix two copies of together, one delayed by a very short, slowly varying time.

Origin / Etymology

From dialectal English flange (“to project”), flanch (“a projection”), from Middle French flanche, from Old French flanche (“flank, side”), from Frankish *hlanka, from Proto-Germanic *hlankō (“bend, curve; side, flank”). See flank. As a term for a group of baboons, it was popularized in the comedy TV series Not the Nine O'Clock News.

Synonyms

congress, rim, troop

Scrabble Score: 10

flange is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
flange is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
flange is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

flange is a valid Words With Friends word