[flanj] 
noun, verb, flanged, flang⋅ing.| 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. |
flange (flānj)
n.
A projecting rim or edge.
The part of the denture base that extends from the cervical ends of the teeth to the border of the denture.
