adjective
I looked out over the flat surface of the frozen bay
I lay flat on my back staring up at the sky
The air raid had left all the buildings completely flat
The request for clemency was met with the judge's flat refusal
The critics wrote that she turned in a very flat performance
We had a flat tyre on the way
They charge the same flat rate for children, the elderly, and all between
My beer has gone flat
It's a flat ten minutes from here to the railway station
I said I'm not going, and that's flat
Business has been a bit flat since Christmas
The table looks better with a flat finish
Some of his paintings seem pretty flat to me
noun
How can you afford to keep a flat in London?
Often, flats
Cynthia said that wearing flats makes her feet hurt
Before us was a large flat of barren ground
adverb
He has come out flat in favour of the status quo. When he started drinking, she left him flat
flat out
Someone shouted 'Fire!' and we headed flat out for the exits
He asked to borrow some money and she told him 'No', flat out
noun
We rented a two-bedroom flat in a good neighbourhood
flat
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