flat
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1.3
- noun
- /flæt/
- Slogging across the flats, mud sucking at her feet, Christina stayed next to the cliffs.
- salt flats
- mud flats
- tidal flats
Examples
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As we drove across the flat, we enjoyed the stunning views of the open fields.
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Just show up to this empty looking flat area and just settle.
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All I do is hear them calling across the flat.
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Once we're across the flats, we're through the worst of it.
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We just see a flat lawn with grass.
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Paradise is off across the flat.
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It is actually so amazing how much just open flat farmland there is in Kansas.
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The oysters do best on broad tidal flats with firm bottoms.
Academic text (1996) -
A wind had sprung up, gusting across the flats, sending dust and silt swirling into his eyes.
Fiction book (1993) -
The vast flat stretched out before us, with only the horizon breaking the endless landscape.
Synonyms
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1.0
A large flat area of land with few trees
13
3.4
A large flat grassland with few trees in warm countries
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4.2
A large flat area of grass with a few trees in warm places
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3.4
A large area of land that has few or no hills
Antonyms
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 Flat
Surface Forms
Etymology
Flat for open land comes from the land being very 'flat' or level, like the wide salt 'flats' you can see for miles. The name keeps the simple image of a place with no hills.