flong
English
editPronunciation
edit- (UK) IPA(key): /flɒŋ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /flɔŋ/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /flɑŋ/
- Rhymes: -ɒŋ
Etymology 1
editNoun
editflong (plural flongs)
- (printing) A mould, especially one made from papier-mâché, used to create a stereotype.
- 1892, Charles Sumner Partridge, Stereotyping, the Papier Mache Process:
- A few sheets of paper are soaked in water and then pasted together to form a flong. This flong is beaten into a page of type and dried, thus forming a matrix to receive the molten metal, which, when cooled, becomes an exact duplicate of the type page.
Etymology 2
editVerb
editflong
References
edit- “flong”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- “flong”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
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