Quiche vs Flanked - What's the difference?
quiche | flanked |
A pie made primarily of eggs and cream in a pastry crust. Other ingredients such as chopped meat or vegetables are often added to the eggs before the quiche is baked.
(flank)
(nautical) Maximum (of speed). Historically faster than full'' speed (the most a vessel can sustain without excessive engine wear or risk of damage), now frequently used interchangeably. Typically used in an emergency or during an attack (''All ahead flank! ).
(anatomy) The flesh between the last rib and the hip; the side.
(cooking) A cut of meat from the flank of an animal.
(military) The extreme left or right edge of a military formation, army etc.
The side of something, in general senses.
* 1918 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), Chapter VIII
The outermost strip of a road.
(soccer) The wing, one side of the pitch.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=January 23
, author=Alistair Magowan
, title=Blackburn 2 - 0 West Brom
, work=BBC
That part of the acting surface of a gear wheel tooth that lies within the pitch line.
To attack the flank(s) of something.
To defend the flank(s) of something.
To place to the side(s) of something.
* Pitt
To be placed to the side(s) of something (usually in terms of two objects, one on each side.)
As verbs the difference between quiche and flanked
is that quiche is while flanked is (flank).quiche
English
(wikipedia quiche)Noun
(en noun)flanked
English
Verb
(head)flank
English
Adjective
(-)Noun
(en noun)- Cautiously I approached the flank of the cliffs, where they terminated in an abrupt escarpment as though some all powerful hand had broken off a great section of rock and set it upon the surface of the earth.
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Synonyms
* (all senses) side * (side of formation) wingDerived terms
* (flesh between the last rib and the hip) flank steakCoordinate terms
* (cut of meat from the flank of an animal) fajitaVerb
(en verb)- Stately colonnades are flanked with trees.