flat
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7.2
- noun
- /flæt/
- Specialized
- "The only utopia is heaven," said Bet Wiley, passing by with a flat of kale seedlings.
Examples
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The center has also opened a new nursery and is selling flats of flowers and hanging plants.
Academic text (1997) -
In honor of the new beginning, she buys flats of snapdragons and petunias and plants them in a sunny border.
Fiction book (1992) -
And then we have a flat of this gorgeous flower.
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So what we're gonna do is we're gonna take this organic soil and pour about half of it in the flat.
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And then this is my flat of Lizianthus Silent Springs.
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In the greenhouse, the gardener carefully arranged the plants in a flat filled with rich soil.
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She purchased a flat of tomatoes to start her vegetable garden in early spring.
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Each flat contains a variety of herbs that are perfect for culinary use.
Synonyms
1
2.8
A shallow container for planting seeds and growing young plants
Idioms
Compounds
2
4.1
A flat area of mud near the coast that is underwater at high tide and dry at low tide
2
2.7
An herb with flat broad leaves that people use in cooking for its strong flavor
- Archaic
1
8.8
An apartment in an old building that has no hot running water or central heating
1
8.1
An apartment with all rooms in a row connected by doors, often with no hallway
- Specialized
1
5.8
A hand tool with a rough flat surface that you move to smooth or shape wood and metal
1
4.1
A friendly hunting dog with a long shiny black or brown coat that brings back animals from water and land
- Specialized
1
7.9
A straight horizontal top for a door or window made of angled stones that support each other
- UK
1
8.6
A European perennial plant with purple and pink flowers grown for animal feed and to improve soil
- 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 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
- Specialized
A North American plant that lives for many years with flat clusters of small white flowers
How Deep
Surface Forms
Etymology
Flat for a seedling tray is a shallow 'flat' box used to start plants, and gardeners call these trays flats because of their flat bottom. They are perfect for holding many small pots or seeds in a single layer.