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noun
The practice of living, with others, in a flat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: New-Zealand, uncountable, usually
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noun
A type of paint that dries with a flat (matt) finish; a coating of such paint.
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Usage: countable, usually
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noun
The process of applying a coating of flatting paint.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
A flat part of something, a flattening.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, usually
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noun
The process of becoming flat.
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Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
The process of causing something to become flat; the process of flattening something.
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Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
An instance of a musical note being flatter than intended.
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Usage: countable, usually
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noun
A method of preserving gilding unburnished, by touching with size.
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Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
The process of forming metal into sheets by passing it between rollers.
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Usage: uncountable, usually
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verb
present participle and gerund of flat
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *flataz Old Norse flatrbor. Middle English flat English flat English -ing English flatting From flat + -ing.
Across languages
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
