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- [flat]
- /flæt/
- /flæt/
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- [flat]
- /flæt/
Definitions of flat word
- adjective flat horizontally level: a flat roof. 1
- adjective flat level, even, or without unevenness of surface, as land or tabletops. 1
- adjective flat having a surface that is without marked projections or depressions: a broad, flat face. 1
- adjective flat lying horizontally and at full length, as a person; prostrate: He was flat on the canvas after the knockdown. 1
- adjective flat lying wholly on or against something: The banner was flat against the wall. 1
- adjective flat thrown down, laid low, or level with the ground, as fallen trees or buildings. 1
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Origin of flat
First appearance:
before 1275 One of the 13% oldest English words
1275-1325; Middle English < Old Norse flatr, akin to Old English flet (see flat2), Greek platýs (see platy-, plate1
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Parts of speech for Flat
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
flat popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
flat usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for flat
adj flat
- horizontal — at right angles to the vertical; parallel to level ground.
- unbroken — not broken; whole; intact.
- low — to utter by or as by lowing.
- plane — plane tree.
- pancake — a thin, flat cake of batter fried on both sides on a griddle or in a frying pan; griddlecake or flapjack.
noun flat
- suite — a number of things forming a series or set.
- tenement — Also called tenement house. a run-down and often overcrowded apartment house, especially in a poor section of a large city.
- room — channel
- joint — the place at which two things, or separate parts of one thing, are joined or united, either rigidly or in such a way as to permit motion; juncture.
- pad — Packet Assembler/Disassembler
adjective flat
- even — Flat and smooth.
- smooth — free from projections or unevenness of surface; not rough: smooth wood; a smooth road.
- uniform — identical or consistent, as from example to example, place to place, or moment to moment: uniform spelling; a uniform building code.
- regular — usual; normal; customary: to put something in its regular place.
- empty — A container (esp. a bottle or glass) left empty of its contents.
adverb flat
- unmistakably — not mistakable; clear; obvious.
- no holds barred — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- to a tee — the 20th letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.
- positively — with certainty; absolutely: The statement is positively true.
- horizontally — at right angles to the vertical; parallel to level ground.
verb flat
- go to bed — a piece of furniture upon which or within which a person sleeps, rests, or stays when not well.
- lay down — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- lie down — the manner, relative position, or direction in which something lies: the lie of the patio, facing the water. Synonyms: place, location, site.
- lying down — to be in a horizontal, recumbent, or prostrate position, as on a bed or the ground; recline. Antonyms: stand.
- lie — Jonas, 1880–1940, U.S. painter, born in Norway.
Antonyms for flat
adj flat
- uneven — not level or flat; rough; rugged: The wheels bumped and jolted over the uneven surface.
- rounded — having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.
- indefinite — not definite; without fixed or specified limit; unlimited: an indefinite number.
- upright — erect or vertical, as in position or posture.
- rough — having a coarse or uneven surface, as from projections, irregularities, or breaks; not smooth: rough, red hands; a rough road.
noun flat
- hogback — a long, sharply crested ridge, generally formed of steeply inclined strata that are especially resistant to erosion.
- pre-eminence — the state or character of being preeminent.
- levitation — the act or phenomenon of levitating.
- tumescence — swelling; slightly tumid.
- moraine — a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
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