flank
/flænk/
The lateral flesh between the last rib and the hip; A cut of meat from the flank of an animal; The extreme left or right edge of a military formation, army etc
- plural
- flanks
Meanings
- 1
The lateral flesh between the last rib and the hip
The enemy attacked our left flank.
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Our right flank is under attack.
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- 2
A cut of meat from the flank of an animal
- 3
The extreme left or right edge of a military formation, army etc
- 4
The sides of a bastion perpendicular to the wall from which the bastion projectsrare
- 5
The side of something, in general sensesrare
- 6
Either of the two pockets located on the seat of a pair of pantsrare
- 7
An ideological faction within a political partyrare
- 8
The outermost strip of a roadrare
- 9
The wing, one side of the pitchrare
- 10
That part of the acting surface of a gear wheel tooth that lies within the pitch linerare