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  • 51flat — flat1 adjective (flatter, flattest) 1》 having a level surface; without raised areas or indentations.     ↘not sloping.     ↘having a broad level surface but little height or depth: a flat box.     ↘(of shoes) without high heels. 2》 dull; lifeless …

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  • 52flat — Synonyms and related words: 3 D, Pullman, Pullman car, abeyant, absolute, absolutely, absonant, accented, accidental, accommodation, accordant, accumbent, achromatic, achromic, act drop, admitting no exception, alabaster, alike, alkali flat, all… …

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  • 53flat — 1. adjective 1) a flat surface Syn: level, horizontal; smooth, even, uniform, regular, plane Ant: vertical, uneven 2) the sea was flat Syn …

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  • 54flat — I 1. adjective 1) a flat roof Syn: level, horizontal 2) the sea was flat Syn: calm, still, glassy, smooth, placid, like a millpond 3) plane the wood completely flat …

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  • 55flat — 01. Saskatchewan is so [flat] that you can see for miles and miles. 02. His car was completely [flattened] when a huge boulder fell on it. 03. There was no wind, so the lake was completely [flat] when we went canoeing. 04. Homer was lying [flat]… …

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  • 56Flat — Cet article a pour sujet la commune française nommée Flat. Pour une définition du mot « flat », voir l’article flat du Wiktionnaire …

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  • 57flat — {{11}}flat (adj.) early 14c., from O.N. flatr, from P.Gmc. *flataz (Cf. O.S. flat flat, shallow,: O.H.G. flaz flat, level, O.E. flet, O.H.G. flezzi floor ), perhaps from PIE *plat to spread (Cf. Gk. platys broad, flat; see PLACE (Cf …

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  • 58flat — [1] When a battery has completely discharged, so that it cannot turn over the engine then the battery is said to be flat. [2] To be completely deflated, especially as the result of a puncture or a leaky valve. See flat tire. [3] A flat tire. [4]… …

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  • 59flat — [14] The Old English word for ‘flat’ was efen ‘even’, and flat was not acquired until Middle English times, from Old Norse flatr. This came from a prehistoric Germanic *flataz, source also of German platt ‘flat’. And *flataz probably goes back to …

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  • 60flat — [14] The Old English word for ‘flat’ was efen ‘even’, and flat was not acquired until Middle English times, from Old Norse flatr. This came from a prehistoric Germanic *flataz, source also of German platt ‘flat’. And *flataz probably goes back to …

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