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121platelike — adjective as the hard flattened scales of e.g. sharks • Syn: ↑placoid • Similar to: ↑planar, ↑two dimensional * * * ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ adjective : resembling a plate especially in smooth flat form a platelike scale on the head of a lizard …
122explanate — ˈekspləˌnāt, ekˈsplāˌn adjective Etymology: Latin explanatus, past participle of explanare to level biology : extending outward in a flat form …
123warp knitting — noun : machine knitting made on a machine that takes yarn from a warp beam and produces fabric with lengthwise threads compare weft knitting * * * a knitting process in which the yarn is knitted vertically in a flat form. Cf. weft knitting. * * * …
124flatworm — /flat werrm /, n. any worm of the phylum Platyhelminthes, having bilateral symmetry and a soft, solid, usually flattened body, including the planarians, tapeworms, and trematodes; platyhelminth. [1895 1900; FLAT1 + WORM] * * * or platyhelminth… …
125flatly — flat, flatly The dominant adverbial form flatly is always used figuratively with words of denial and rejection such as contradict, deny, oppose, refuse, and reject. Flat is used in fixed expressions such as flat broke and turn something down flat …
126flatware — /flat wair /, n. 1. utensils, as knives, forks, and spoons, used at the table for serving and eating food. 2. dishes or containers for the table that are more or less flat, as plates and saucers (distinguished from hollowware). [1850 55; FLAT1 +… …
127flatbed — flat•bed [[t]ˈflætˌbɛd[/t]] n. trs a truck or trailer having an open body in the form of a platform without sides or stakes. Also called flat′bed trail′er, flat′bed truck′ • Etymology: 1970–75 …
128plateau — flat or nearly flat area of considerable extent, dropping off abruptly on one or more sides. Includes undersea features of this form …
