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How to pronounce flank in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms wing
Type of formation


they attacked the enemy's right flank.
Type Words
Type of cut of beef
Type Words
Type of subfigure
Has types base, hypotenuse
Type Words
Type of lie
Derivation flanker
Type Words
Type of body part

Examples of flank

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His candidacy also crowds the part of the field held by the party's right flank.
From the stltoday.com
Banahan fed Foden who executed a lovely one-two with Armitage on the left flank.
From the telegraph.co.uk
The referee gave nothing but luckily the ball ran to Jennings on the left flank.
From the leighjournal.co.uk
Union troops flank the Confederates, chasing them back toward Williamson County.
From the tennessean.com
One is the pair of giant Chinese horse sculpture copies that flank the entrance.
From the courier-journal.com
Two rows of seating flank the stage on one side, with a single row on the other.
From the jsonline.com
A large pond guards the right, while thick rough and the Potomac flank the left.
From the kansas.com
Gomez came on for N'Silu after the break, and Fred moved back to the left flank.
From the washingtontimes.com
We enjoyed our bottle with grilled flank steak and garlic bacon mashed potatoes.
From the thestate.com
More examples
  • The side of military or naval formation; "they attacked the enemy's right flank"
  • Be located at the sides of something or somebody
  • A subfigure consisting of a side of something
  • A cut from the fleshy part of an animal's side between the ribs and the leg
  • The flesh between the last rib and the hip; the side; A cut of meat from the flank of an animal; The extreme left or right edge of a military formation, army etc; The side of something, in general senses; The outermost strip of a road; The wing, one side of the pitch; To attack the flank(s) ...
  • (Flanks) the right or left sides of the field closest to the touch lines, either on the attacking or defending ends of the field.
  • (Flanks) the area equivalent to the gecko's sides.
  • (Flanks) Armour below the costa and above the hip area, often recessed. Contributed by KoiLungFish.
  • (Flanks) The left or right side of an army's line; a "flankattack" is a side attack; "to flank" an enemy is to get around or in back of that enemy.