flats
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An area of level ground.
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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. ♭♪).
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A flat tyre/tire.
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(in the plural) A type of ladies' shoes with very low heels.
“She liked to walk in her flats more than in her high heels.”
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(in the plural) A type of flat-soled running shoe without spikes.
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A thin, broad brush used in oil and watercolor/watercolour painting.
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The flat part of something:
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A wide, shallow container or pallet.
“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.
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A railroad car without a roof, and whose body is a platform without sides; a platform car or flatcar.
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A flat-bottomed boat, without keel, and of small draught.
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A subset of n-dimensional space that is congruent to a Euclidean space of lower dimension.
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A straw hat, broad-brimmed and low-crowned.
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A flat sheet for use on a bed.
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A platform on a wheel, upon which emblematic designs etc. are carried in processions.
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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.
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A dull fellow; a simpleton.
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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.
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Any of various hesperiid butterflies that spread their wings open when they land.
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An early kind of toy soldier having a flat design.
Antonyms
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To make a flat call; to call without raising.
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To become flat or flattened; to sink or fall to an even surface.
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To fall from the pitch.
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To depress in tone, as a musical note; especially, to lower in pitch by half a tone.
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To make flat; to flatten; to level.
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To render dull, insipid, or spiritless; to depress.
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An apartment, usually on one level and usually consisting of more than one room.
Synonyms
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To beat or strike; pound
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To dash or throw
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To dash, rush
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