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| Domain | Definition |
Occupations | Presses hat brims to set shape and impart specified finish, using hand iron and heated sandbag: Inserts hat in specified size flange (metal or wood collar) with brim resting on flange. Spreads pressing cloth over hat brim and ties cloth to base of form, using cord. Dampens cloth with sponge and irons brim, using dry or steam iron. Lowers preheated sandbag, suspended by rope and pulley, onto brim to set and shape brim against flange. Raises sandbag after specified time and unties cord. Examines hat for flaws in shape and appearance. May be designated according to type of hat flanged as Felt-Hat-Flanging Operator (hat & cap); Panama-Hat Flanger (hat & cap); Wool-Hat Flanger (hat & cap). (references) |
| Forms flange on open ends of glass tubes used in manufacturing laboratory and medical instruments and apparatus, using gas burner and handtools: Rotates glass tube over gas burner to heat end of tube. Inserts end-opening tool into tube to flare opening and closes jaws of flange-forming tool to shape flange. May rotate flange over gas burner to glaze flange or to add or remove glass to obtain uniformity of finished flare. May trim edge of flange, using cutting tool. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: FLANGER |
| Specialty definitions using "FLANGER": flanging-machine operator ♦ SWEATBAND FLANGER. (references) |
| "FLANGER" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "FLANGER" is used about 6 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 6 | 143,867 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
flanger | 65 |
mxr flanger | 4 |
boss flanger | 3 |
ada flanger | 2 |
flanger metal sheet | 2 |
dod flanger stereo | 2 |
blue flanger valley | 2 |
air flanger punch | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "FLANGER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Swedish | flänsverktyg. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "FLANGER": flangers. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-f-g-l-n-r" | |
-1 letter: angler, flange, regnal. | |
-2 letters: angel, anger, angle, argle, farle, feral, flare, frena, ganef, glare, glean, gnarl, lager, large, learn, range, regal, regna, renal. | |
-3 letters: ager, alef, earl, earn, egal, elan, fane, fang, fare, farl, feal, fear, fern, flag, flan, flea, frae, frag, gaen, gale, gane, gear, glen, gnar, gran, lane, lang, leaf, lean. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-f-g-l-n-r" | |
+1 letter: finagler, flangers. | |
+2 letters: faltering, finaglers, flagrance, frangible, gardenful, gerfalcon, refalling, reflating. | |
+3 letters: anglerfish, enfleurage, fingernail, flagrances, flattering, fragmental, gardenfuls, gerfalcons, grainfield, ladyfinger, langlaufer, refloating, ungraceful, ungrateful. | |
+4 letters: centrifugal, cliffhanger, dragonflies, enfleurages, falteringly, farewelling, farthingale, filagreeing, fingernails, fireballing, firewalling, flagrancies, frankpledge, freelancing, freeloading, grainfields, infrangible, ladyfingers, langlaufers, refrangible, reinflating, unfaltering. | |
+5 letters: anglerfishes, centrifugals, cliffhangers, deflagrating, deflagration, farthingales, federalizing, flatteringly, forestalling, fragmentally, frankpledges, gracefulness, grandiflorae, gratefulness, leapfrogging, lifeguarding, requalifying, unflattering, unforgivable, ungracefully, ungratefully, waterfowling. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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