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flat

  • adjective
  • /ˈflæt/

Having no variations in height.

Example

“The land around here is flat.”

Other meanings

  1. In a horizontal line or plane; not sloping.

  2. smooth; having no protrusions, indentations or other surface irregularities, or relatively so.

Example sentences

  • “Time is a flat circle.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Word history

From Old Norse "flatr".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “flat” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.