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31flat — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. level, smooth, plane; even, flush; positive, exact; dull, stale, insipid; slang, penniless. See horizontal, certainty, poverty, insipidity. n. plain, shoal; apartment (see abode).Ant., curved,… …
32Flat cap — Cap Cap (k[a^]p), n. [OE. cappe, AS. c[ae]ppe, cap, cape, hood, fr. LL, cappa, capa; perhaps of Iberian origin, as Isidorus of Seville mentions it first: Capa, quia quasi totum capiat hominem; it. capitis ornamentum. See 3d {Cape}, and cf. 1st… …
33Flat adverb — A flat adverb is an adverb that assumes the form of a related adjective, most often when words ending in ly are used without the ly.The most famous flat adverb may be Apple Computer s Think Different campaign. William Safire wrote about the… …
34flat adverb — /flæt ˈædvɜb/ (say flat adverb) noun Linguistics an adverb that has the same form as its related adjective, rather than taking an ly infection, as flat in to lie flat …
35Flat hoop — Hoop Hoop, n. [OE. hope; akin to D. hoep, hoepel.] 1. A pliant strip of wood or metal bent in a circular form, and united at the ends, for holding together the staves of casks, tubs, etc. [1913 Webster] 2. A ring; a circular band; anything… …
36flat — adj British penniless. A shortened form of the col loquial flat broke , heard in raffish speech of the late 1980s …
37flat-woven — adjective (of a carpet or rug) woven so as not to form a projecting pile. Derivatives flat weave noun …
38Flat iron building — Flatiron Building vom Empire State Building aus gesehen (Mai 2004 mit Baugerüst) …
39Flat spline — A spline consists of a long strip fixed in position at a number of points that relaxes to form a smooth curve passing through those points.Before computers were used for creating engineering designs, drafting tools were employed by designers… …
40flat base rim taper — An obsolete form of rim with no taper at either bead seat …
