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flathaving a level surface without raised areas or indentations

Part of speech: ADJECTIVE

Definition: having a level surface without raised areas or indentations

Pronunciation (IPA): /flæt/

Korean meaning: 평평한, 납작한

Korean pronunciation: **플**랫

Example Sentences

  • My phone battery went completely flat during the boring lecture.
  • The comedian's jokes fell flat, and the audience sat in awkward silence.
  • She told him flat out that his cooking was terrible.

flat

ADJECTIVE

//flæt//

having a level surface without raised areas or indentations

flat concept
💡 Concept

The desert road stretches perfectly flat to the horizon.

🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/flæt/
🇬🇧 UK/flæt/

🌳Etymology

Rootflat

Origin

From Old Norse 'flatr' meaning 'flat' or 'level', related to Proto-Germanic 'flataz'. The word entered English through Scandinavian influence during the Viking Age.

🎵Rhyme

catbathatmatrat
cat
bat
hat
mat
rat

🔗Collocations

flat tire
flat screen
fall flat
flat rate
flat broke
flat out
flat refusal

📝Examples

😄 Fun example

My phone battery went completely flat during the boring lecture.

😄 Fun example

The comedian's jokes fell flat, and the audience sat in awkward silence.

She told him flat out that his cooking was terrible.

😄 Fun example

The flat Earth theory is as flat as my motivation on Monday morning.

📚Related Words

Synonyms

levelevensmoothhorizontalplane

Antonyms

curvedbumpyuneven

Related

apartmentdeflatedmonotoneplateau

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