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An area of level ground.

Examples :

"We parked the car on the salt flats near the ocean. "

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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. ♭♪).

Examples :

"The sheet music indicated that the song had several B♭ flats, making it sound melancholic. "

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A flat tyre/tire.

Examples :

"I got two flats on my bicycle on the way to school today, so I had to walk. "

vehicle technical

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(in the plural) A type of ladies' shoes with very low heels.

Examples :

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

appearance wear style

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(in the plural) A type of flat-soled running shoe without spikes.

Examples :

""For running on the road, she prefers wearing flats because they are comfortable and lightweight." "

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A thin, broad brush used in oil and watercolor/watercolour painting.

Examples :

"The artist used a variety of flats to create the smooth, even background in her watercolor painting. "

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The flat part of something:

Examples :

"The artist painted vibrant colors on the flats of the canvas. "

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A wide, shallow container or pallet.

Examples :

"a flat of strawberries"

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(mail) A large mail piece measuring at least 8 1/2 by 11 inches, such as catalogs, magazines, and unfolded paper enclosed in large envelopes.

Examples :

"The mail carrier delivered a stack of flats containing magazines and large envelopes to our office today. "

stationery communication

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A railroad car without a roof, and whose body is a platform without sides; a platform car or flatcar.

Examples :

"The lumber company loaded the long wooden beams onto the flats for transport. "

vehicle machine technical

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A flat-bottomed boat, without keel, and of small draught.

Examples :

"The fisherman used flats to navigate the shallow waters of the bay where larger boats couldn't go. "

nautical vehicle

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A subset of n-dimensional space that is congruent to a Euclidean space of lower dimension.

Examples :

"In a 3D computer model of a building, the walls, floors, and ceilings can be represented as 2D flats, even though the building itself exists in three dimensions. "

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A straw hat, broad-brimmed and low-crowned.

Examples :

"The farmer wiped his brow and adjusted his flats to shield his eyes from the midday sun. "

wear style appearance

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A flat sheet for use on a bed.

Examples :

"My mom asked me to fold the clean flats and put them away in the linen closet. "

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A platform on a wheel, upon which emblematic designs etc. are carried in processions.

Examples :

"During the town's annual Founder's Day parade, historical scenes were depicted on several flats, each slowly rolling down Main Street. "

festival culture

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A horizontal vein or ore deposit auxiliary to a main vein; also, any horizontal portion of a vein not elsewhere horizontal.

Examples :

"The miners followed the main vein deep into the rock, hoping to find lucrative flats branching off horizontally. "

geology mineral

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A dull fellow; a simpleton.

Examples :

""Don't let him trick you; he might act like a flats, but he's actually quite clever." "

character person

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(technical, theatre) A rectangular wooden structure covered with masonite, lauan, or muslin that depicts a building or other part of a scene, also called backcloth and backdrop.

Examples :

"The theater crew built the flats to create a realistic representation of the town square in the school play. "

technical art entertainment building structure

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Any of various hesperiid butterflies that spread their wings open when they land.

Examples :

"While hiking, we saw several flats resting on wildflowers, their wings spread wide in the afternoon sun. "

animal insect biology nature

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An early kind of toy soldier having a flat design.

Examples :

"My grandfather's collection included antique lead flats, painted to look like Napoleonic soldiers. "

entertainment history game

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To make a flat call; to call without raising.

Examples :

"After Maria bet five dollars, David decided to flats and see what Maria had. "

game sport business bet

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To become flat or flattened; to sink or fall to an even surface.

Examples :

"The dough flats as I roll it out to make cookies. "

appearance action

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To fall from the pitch.

Examples :

"The singer's voice flats slightly on the high note. "

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To depress in tone, as a musical note; especially, to lower in pitch by half a tone.

Examples :

"The singer unintentionally flats the high notes during the performance, making them sound slightly lower. "

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To make flat; to flatten; to level.

Examples :

"He carefully flats the clay with a rolling pin before cutting out shapes for the cookies. "

action appearance

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To render dull, insipid, or spiritless; to depress.

Examples :

"The constant rain flats my mood and makes me want to stay in bed all day. "

attitude mind emotion

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An apartment, usually on one level and usually consisting of more than one room.

Examples :

"My grandparents recently downsized and moved from a large house into smaller flats near the city center. "

property building architecture

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To beat or strike; pound

Examples :

"The baker flats the dough with a rolling pin to make a thin crust. "

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To dash or throw

Examples :

"The chef, frustrated with the lumpy sauce, flats it against the kitchen wall in a burst of anger. "

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Examples :

"Hearing the ice cream truck's music, the children flats toward the street. "