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  • 1flat — 1 adjective flatter, flattest 1 SURFACE smooth and level, without raised or hollow areas, and not sloping or curving: a flat bottomed boat | a perfectly flat sandy beach | flat as a pancake (=very flat): The countryside near there is flat as a… …

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  • 2flat — flat1 W2S2 [flæt] adj comparative flatter superlative flattest ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(surface)¦ 2¦(money)¦ 3¦(tyre/ball)¦ 4¦(not deep)¦ 5¦(drink)¦ 6¦(not interesting)¦ 7¦(battery)¦ 8¦(business/trade)¦ …

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  • 3flat — [[t]flæ̱t[/t]] ♦♦ flats, flatter, flattest 1) N COUNT: also N num A flat is a set of rooms for living in, usually on one floor and part of a larger building. A flat usually includes a kitchen and bathroom. [mainly BRIT] Sara lives with her… …

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  • 4flat — I. /flæt / (say flat) adjective (flatter, flattest) 1. level, even, or without inequalities of surface, as land, etc. 2. horizontally level: a flat roof. 3. comparatively lacking in projection or depression of surface: a broad flat face. 4. (of a …

  • 5flat — Convertibles: Earning interest on the date of payment only. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary General: Having neither a short nor a long position in a stock. clean. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary Market: Characterized by horizontal price movement,… …

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  • 6Flat Stanley — is the title character of a 1964 children s book (ISBN 0 06 009791 4) by Jeff Brown (born 1925 ndash; died December 3, 2003).Other books by Jeff Brown in this series: * Stanley In Space * Stanley and the Magic Lamp * Invisible Stanley * Stanley s …

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  • 7Falls Road (Belfast) — Falls Road also refers to the Rochester, Lockport and Niagara Falls Railroad, the New York Central Railroad s line to Niagara Falls, New York. The Falls Road ( Bóthar na bhFál in Irish, meaning road of the hedgerows ) is the main road through… …

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  • 8Falls Lake — Infobox lake lake name = Falls Lake image lake = 2008 08 24 Sunset on Falls Lake.jpg caption lake = image bathymetry = caption bathymetry = location = North Carolina coords = type = reservoir inflow = Eno River, Flat River, Little River outflow …

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  • 9Flat Earth — For other uses, see Flat Earth (disambiguation). The Flammarion engraving (1888) depicts a traveller who arrives at the edge of a flat Earth and sticks his head through the firmament …

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  • 10Flat tire — The term flat tire describes the condition whereby a pneumatic tire becomes deflated, such that the metal of the wheel is no longer kept suspended above the ground. This can occur for several reasons: [ [http://www.diynetwork.com/diy/ab… …

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