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flank

Flank is a 5 letter word which starts with the letter F and ends with the letter K for which we found 5 definitions.

Definition
(n.) The fleshy or muscular part of the side of an animal between the ribs and the hip. See Illust. of Beef.
(n.) The side of an army or of any division of an army as of a brigade regiment or battalion; the extreme right or left; as to attack an enemy in flank is to attack him on the side.
(n.) That part of a bastion which reaches from the curtain to the face and defends the curtain the flank and face of the opposite bastion; any part of a work defending another by a fire along the outside of its parapet.
(n.) The side of any building.
(n.) That part of the acting surface of a gear wheel tooth that lies within the pitch line.

Syllable Information

The word flank is a 5 letter word that has 1 syllable . The syllable division for flank is: flank


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