flatˈback noun

A pottery figure with a flat back, designed to stand on a mantelpiece, etc and so be viewed only from the front

flatˈbed, flatbed lorry or (esp N American) flatbed truck noun

A lorry with a flat sideless platform for its body

flatbed scanner noun (computing)

An apparatus which has a flat sheet of glass onto which documents are placed for scanning by a light beam

flatˈboat noun

A large flat-bottomed boat for transporting goods on a river, canal, etc

flatˈbread noun

Bread in flat usu unleavened loaves

flat cap noun

1. A low-crowned hat worn by London citizens in the 16c and 17c
2. Hence, a London citizen or apprentice
3. A cloth cap, an unstiffened cap of wool or other soft cloth, with a peak, widely regarded as a symbol of the working-class man

flatˈcar noun (N American)

A railway freight wagon without roof or sides

flat-chestˈed adjective

Having small breasts

flat-earthˈer noun

A person who maintains that the earth is flat

flat file noun (computing)

A file without hypertext links

flatˈfish noun

A marine fish that habitually lies on one side, and has an unsymmetrical flat body, eg flounder, turbot, etc

flatˈ-foot noun

1. A condition in which the arch of the instep is flattened
2. A policeman (derog sl)

flatˈ-footed adjective

1. Having flat feet
2. Resolute (US)
3. Ponderous (informal)
4. Unimaginative (informal)
5. Uninspired (informal)
6. Unprepared (N American)

flat-footˈedness noun

flatˈhead adjective

1. Having an artifically flattened head
2. (with cap) of or designating a Native American people of Montana (once mistakenly believed to practise flattening children's skulls, as did the neighbouring Chinook; also noun)

noun (US sl)

1. A person of low intelligence
2. Any of various species of edible flat-skulled fish of the Pacific and Indian Oceans

flatˈiron noun

An old-fashioned iron for pressing clothes, heated on a stove, etc

flatˈland noun

A plain

flatˈline intransitive verb

1. To generate a non-oscillating reading on a heart monitor and hence be dead
2. (eg of shares) to remain at a constant value

flatˈliner noun

flatˈmate noun

A person with whom one shares a flat

flatˈpack noun

An item of furniture or equipment sold in a flat pack for the purchaser to assemble

flat-panel see flat-screen below.

flat race noun

A race over open or clear ground, without jumps

flat racing noun

flat rate noun

A fixed uniform rate (eg of charge or payment)

flatˈ-screen or flat'-panel adjective

Denoting a television system or computer screen using a flat-faced cathode ray tube to produce a sharper and better defined picture

flatˈshare noun

The practice of sharing a flat by two or more tenants

flat spin noun

1. Rotation in a horizontal plane about a vertical axis
2. Confused excitement (informal)

flat tyre noun

A punctured tyre

flatˈware noun

1. Domestic cutlery (N American)
2. Plates and saucers

flat white noun

A white coffee made by adding steamed milk to a’shot of espresso

flatˈworm noun

A tapeworm or other member of the Platyhelminthes

flatˈ-woˈven adjective

(of a rug or carpet) woven with no pile

flat broke (informal)

Having no money whatsoever

flat out

1. At full speed
2. Using every effort

flatten out

To bring (an aeroplane) into a horizontal position

that's flat

I tell you plainly

the flat

Flat racing