flanks
Torso's lateral regions
Flanks are the sides of something—originally the fleshy area between ribs and hip on an animal or person.
A flank steak comes from this region.
Military forces attack an enemy's flank to strike from the side rather than head-on.
Mountains flank a valley; bodyguards flank a celebrity.
To flank is to be positioned at the side: Two columns flanked the entrance.
Mid-sized military unit
- infantryGround combat troops
- cavalryMounted military force
- artilleryLarge-caliber battlefield weapons
- regimentColonel-led military unit
brigade · division · platoon · maneuver · encirclement · pincer · ambush · assault
Lateral edges or teams
- ribsThoracic bone set
- abdomenTorso's lower cavity
- torsoBody without limbs
- waistTorso's narrowest circumference
midsection · obliques · loin · lumbar · hipbone · lats · serratus · intercostal
Thick beef slice
- loinLower back region
- brisketLower chest of cattle
- sirloinUpper hindquarter beef cut
- tenderloinPremium, exceptionally soft cut
chuck · round · rump · shank · ribs · roast · grilling · marinating
Lateral edges or teams
- lateralOf the side
- adjacentDirectly next to
- borderingSharing an edge with
- peripheralExternal computer add-on
edge · margin · boundary · neighboring · abutting · skirting · surrounding · outer
battalion
Mid-sized military unit
regiment · brigade · division · platoon · maneuver · encirclement · pincer · ambush · assault · skirmish
sides
Lateral edges or teams
waist · midsection · obliques · loin · lumbar · hipbone · lats · serratus · intercostal · core
steak
Thick beef slice
tenderloin · chuck · round · rump · shank · ribs · roast · grilling · marinating · skirt
sides
Lateral edges or teams
peripheral · edge · margin · boundary · neighboring · abutting · skirting · surrounding · outer · extremity
armor
Protective combat covering
fortification · guard · rampart · bulwark · parapet · palisade · barricade · wall · buttresses · reinforcement
- Body Areasface, neck, chest, back, arms
- bird anatomybeak, feathers, wings, tail feathers, wing feathers
- chessboardsquares, ranks, files, diagonals, checkered pattern
- liposuctionliposuction, lipo, cannula, suction, tumescent
- battlefieldsGettysburg, Waterloo, front lines, Antietam, frontline
- cavalrycavalry, cavalryman, cavalry brigade, cavalry charges, cavalry officer
flankscenter
Middle of anything
vanguard · front · front line · rear · headquarters
- flank steakBeef from abdominal muscles
- left flankFormation's leftmost section
- flanking maneuverAttack from the side
- flank attackAssault on the side
- right flankMilitary unit's eastward edge
- flank speedNaval maximum velocity
flank, flanking, outflank, flanked, flanker, outflanking, outflanked