flat

  • 71flat —    1) [ geomorphology ]     a) (adjective) Said of an area characterized by a continuous surface or stretch of land that is smooth, even, or horizontal, or nearly so, and that lacks any significant curvature, slope, elevations, or depressions.… …

    Glossary of landform and geologic terms

  • 72flat — See: fall flat, in no time or in nothing flat, leave flat …

    Словарь американских идиом

  • 73flat — I Australian Slang 1. (obsolete) honest (opposed to sharp ); 2. (prison) tobacco other than jail issue; 3. (obsolete) honest person; 4. police officer (probably from flatfoot ) II Canadian Slang An Atlantic Canadian term used to refer to a box… …

    English dialects glossary

  • 74flat n — Q: What do you get if you drop a piano down a mine shaft? A: A flat minor. sharply adv, B n, flat rate …

    English expressions

  • 75flat a — /flæt ˈeɪ/ (say flat ay) noun the sound of a , in fat , contrasted with broad a , the sound of a in father . Some words may be pronounced with either the broad or flat a , as dance, chance, etc …

  • 76flat —   1. Level. Pālahalaha.   Also: iliwai, pānānai, pālānai (as a dish); pānai, pāki i, kāhela, pāpio, pālaulau, omaliō, ōniki. See flat nosed. Flat tire, hemo ke ea o ka laholio.   2. A plain. Papa, laupapa; āpapa, pāpapa (as coral).   3. Tasteless …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 77flat —    an informal unit of angle measure equal to 1/6 turn or 60°. Hex nuts have 6 flat sides; to turn the nut one flat is to turn it 1/6 revolution …

    Dictionary of units of measurement

  • 78Flat — английский термин, обозначающий минорное наклонение строя; напр. G flat значит G moll …

    Энциклопедический словарь Ф.А. Брокгауза и И.А. Ефрона

  • 79flat — 1) a sand , grass or mud bottomed area of uniform, shallow depth in fresh or marine waters, mostly exposed at low tide in the sea. May be some distance from shore. Fish may come up from neighbouring deep areas to feed on flats or it may be a… …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

  • 80flat — A rectangular container that holds several units of product; e.g., a flat of strawberries holds 12 pints of strawberries in pint size containers. Flats may have single or multiple layers …

    Combined glossary of agriculture