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flat

The correct spelling is flat.

How to pronounce flat

/flæt/
noun

IPA: /flæt/

Say it like: Fla-t

The correct spelling is flat. An area of level ground. For example: "She liked to walk in her flats more than in her high heels."

Usage Examples

She liked to walk in her flats more than in her high heels.

a flat of strawberries

The land around here is flat.

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.An area of level ground.
  2. 2.A note played a semitone lower than a natural, denoted by the symbol ♭ placed after the letter representing the note (e.g., B♭) or in front of the note symbol (e.g. ♭♪).
  3. 3.A flat tyre/tire.
  4. 4.(in the plural) A type of ladies' shoes with very low heels.
  5. 5.(in the plural) A type of flat-soled running shoe without spikes.

verb

  1. 1.To make a flat call; to call without raising.
  2. 2.To become flat or flattened; to sink or fall to an even surface.
  3. 3.To fall from the pitch.
  4. 4.To depress in tone, as a musical note; especially, to lower in pitch by half a tone.
  5. 5.To make flat; to flatten; to level.

adjective

  1. 1.Having no variations in height.
  2. 2.(voice) Without variations in pitch.
  3. 3.Having small or invisible breasts and/or buttocks.
  4. 4.(note) Lowered by one semitone.
  5. 5.Of a note or voice, lower in pitch than it should be.

adverb

  1. 1.So as to be flat.
  2. 2.Bluntly.
  3. 3.(with units of time, distance, etc) Not exceeding.
  4. 4.Completely.
  5. 5.Directly; flatly.

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