flat
- noun
- /flæt/
- UK
- She is currently looking for a flat to rent near her workplace to reduce her commute.
- live in a flat
- a new flat
- a flat in London
Welcome to the reading nook of my flat, AKA my new filming corner.
- Welcome to the reading nook of my flat, AKA my new filming corner.
- She got me a flat in Basdon and a job.
- I was actually living in this flat in Acton.
- But I've got a rented flat down down in London.
- And he's living at the flat rent free with his wife.
Examples
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We found them in your flat.
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I've actually just bought a little flat nearby.
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By the way, guys, that is my old flat just up there.
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I have now spent two whole days looking for a flat with no luck at all.
Fiction book (1992) -
I'm hoping to move to a different flat in the summer, in late summer.
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People like us live in flats.
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I was actually living in this flat in Acton.
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And he's living at the flat rent free with his wife.
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They're giving us the flat.
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They'd come a long way from a two-room flat with a single creaky bed.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
A set of rooms on one floor for one person or family in a building
A very small place to live with one or two rooms for one person
Idioms
- Informal
To fail completely and feel embarrassed in front of others
Compounds
A flat area of mud near the coast that is underwater at high tide and dry at low tide
An herb with flat broad leaves that people use in cooking for its strong flavor
- Archaic
An apartment in an old building that has no hot running water or central heating
An apartment with all rooms in a row connected by doors, often with no hallway
- Australian
A low spreading evergreen bush from southern Australia with orange-yellow flowers and flat winged pods
- Specialized
A music sign placed before a note that makes it sound one whole tone lower
- Specialized
A straight horizontal top for a door or window made of angled stones that support each other
- UK
A European perennial plant with purple and pink flowers grown for animal feed and to improve soil
- Specialized
A hand tool with a rough flat surface that you move to smooth or shape wood and metal
- Specialized
A simple tie that joins two ropes securely, often used in sailing and wrapping packages
- Australian
A low evergreen shrub with heart-shaped leaves, bright yellow pea-like flowers, and flat seed pods
A friendly hunting dog with a long shiny black or brown coat that brings back animals from water and land
- Specialized
A North American plant that lives for many years with flat clusters of small white flowers
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Flat for an apartment comes from the idea of one 'floor' or level in a building, so it came to mean the rooms on that level. In British English, a flat is what many people call an 'apartment'.