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  1. adjective Having a horizontal surface without a slope, tilt, or curvature.
  2. adjective Having a smooth, even, level surface: a skirt sewed with fine flat seams.
  3. adjective Having a relatively broad surface in relation to thickness or depth: a flat board. See Synonyms at level.
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  • Inside the flat was a scene of destruction, of smashed furniture, of upturned tables and lamp stands. —  Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, March-April 2005
  • In 20 years time and the flat is then 60 years old. —  www.hardwarezone.com.sg
  • Just across the park from my flat is a house, known as Dairy Lodge. —  Jock's Place
  • "It's the first time I let anyone go based on what I call a flat-out liar." —  Taipei Times
  • They ask us for the specifics and if the flat is the right size in the right area they make sure they are the first to sign the paperwork.
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  1. Middle English, from Old Norse flatr; see plat- in Indo-European roots.
  2. Alteration of Scots flet, inner part of a house, from Middle English, from Old English, floor, dwelling; see plat- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. I. a. Early modern English also flatt, flatte; from Middle English flat (rare), from Icelandic flatr = Swedish flat = Danish flad = Old High German flaz, flat. Not connected with D. Middle Low German vlak = Old High German flah, Middle High German vlach, German flach, flat (see flash), or with English plat = Low German plat = German platt, flat. II. n. from Middle English flat, (level) ground, a field; in other senses modern. Cf. Icelandic flöt, plural flatir, a plain; from the adjective
  2. from flat, a.
  3. from Middle English flat; from flat, adjective
  4. Orig. a dial. (Scots) form (in simulation of flat, level, which is, in fact, the ult. original) of flet, a floor or story of a house, the interior of a house, a house: see flet.
  5. Middle English flatten, dash, throw, from Old French flater; flatir, throw or east down, dash, intransitive fall, dash.
  6. Middle English, from Old French flat, a blow: see flat, v.
  7. from Old French flater, flatter: see flatter.
 

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