flag
- noun
- /flæɡ/
- UK
- A walkway bends artfully up to the flag-studded building.
Examples
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The mural promotes Coca-Cola's sponsorship of the Mexican national soccer team, nicknamed "El Tri" for the national flag's three colors.
Academic text (2008) -
A backstroker used these flags to judge how close to the wall she was.
Fiction book (1997) -
Tom stayed like a statue, with the tip of his flag resting on the sand.
Fiction book (1995) -
Peter sat cross-legged on the flags and patted the stone beside him.
Fiction book (1999) -
The patio was beautifully paved with large flat flags that created a smooth surface.
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In the garden, they laid down flags of stone to create a pathway leading to the fountain.
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The old house had a rustic charm, featuring tiled floors made of rugged flags.
Synonyms
A flat thin piece of stone used to make a path or patio
Idioms
To come together to show strong support for a leader or the country in danger
Compounds
A piece of cloth that stands for the United States with thirteen stripes and fifty stars
A flag used by Southern states during the American Civil War, often the battle flag design
- US
A day in the United States that remembers when the national flag was first used on June 14
A public display like a speech or a rally that makes people feel strong love for their country
- Specialized
Sending messages with flags by moving them in set patterns over a distance, often between ships
- Specialized
A disease of wheat and other grasses that makes dark streaks and black dust
- Specialized
A disease of wheat and other grasses that makes dark powdery streaks on leaves and stems
- Offensive
A person who shows strong support for their country often in aggressive ways
- Archaic
A person honored for great bravery who leads troops and carries a square banner
A tall plant like an iris with blue-violet flowers that grows in wet places in the eastern United States
- Specialized
Plant disease that attacks wheat leaves and stems, causing dark streaks and lower crop yields
How Big
Surface Forms
Etymology
A flag stone is named from an old word for a 'flat piece' or slab, so a flag is a flat stone used for paths, patios, or floors.