platabanda

Phonetic: "/flæt/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: An area of level ground.

Definition: A note played a semitone lower than a natural, denoted by the symbol ♭ placed after the letter representing the note (e.g., B♭) or in front of the note symbol (e.g. ♭♪).

Definition: A flat tyre/tire.

Definition: (in the plural) A type of ladies' shoes with very low heels.

Example: She liked to walk in her flats more than in her high heels.

Definition: (in the plural) A type of flat-soled running shoe without spikes.

Definition: A thin, broad brush used in oil and watercolor/watercolour painting.

Definition: The flat part of something:

Definition: A wide, shallow container or pallet.

Example: a flat of strawberries

Definition: (mail) A large mail piece measuring at least 8 1/2 by 11 inches, such as catalogs, magazines, and unfolded paper enclosed in large envelopes.

Definition: A railroad car without a roof, and whose body is a platform without sides; a platform car or flatcar.

Definition: A flat-bottomed boat, without keel, and of small draught.

Definition: A subset of n-dimensional space that is congruent to a Euclidean space of lower dimension.

Definition: A straw hat, broad-brimmed and low-crowned.

Definition: A flat sheet for use on a bed.

Definition: A platform on a wheel, upon which emblematic designs etc. are carried in processions.

Definition: A horizontal vein or ore deposit auxiliary to a main vein; also, any horizontal portion of a vein not elsewhere horizontal.

Definition: A dull fellow; a simpleton.

Definition: (technical, theatre) A rectangular wooden structure covered with masonite, lauan, or muslin that depicts a building or other part of a scene, also called backcloth and backdrop.

Definition: Any of various hesperiid butterflies that spread their wings open when they land.

Definition: An early kind of toy soldier having a flat design.

Phonetic: "/flæt/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To make a flat call; to call without raising.

Definition: To become flat or flattened; to sink or fall to an even surface.

Definition: To fall from the pitch.

Definition: To depress in tone, as a musical note; especially, to lower in pitch by half a tone.

Definition: To make flat; to flatten; to level.

Definition: To render dull, insipid, or spiritless; to depress.

Phonetic: "/flæt/"

Part Of Speech: adjective

Definition: Having no variations in height.

Example: The land around here is flat.

Definition: (voice) Without variations in pitch.

Definition: Having small or invisible breasts and/or buttocks.

Example: That girl is completely flat on both sides.

Definition: (note) Lowered by one semitone.

Definition: Of a note or voice, lower in pitch than it should be.

Example: Your A string is too flat.

Definition: (of a tire or other inflated object) Deflated, especially because of a puncture.

Definition: Uninteresting.

Example: The party was a bit flat.

Definition: (of a carbonated drink) With all or most of its carbon dioxide having come out of solution so that the drink no longer fizzes or contains any bubbles.

Definition: Lacking acidity without being sweet.

Definition: (of a battery) Unable to emit power; dead.

Definition: (of a throw) Without spin; spinless.

Definition: Lacking liveliness or action; depressed; dull and boring.

Example: The dialogue in your screenplay is flat -- you need to make it more exciting.

Definition: Absolute; downright; peremptory.

Example: His claim was in flat contradiction to experimental results.

Definition: (of a consonant) sonant; vocal, as distinguished from a sharp (non-sonant) consonant

Definition: (grammar) Not having an inflectional ending or sign, such as a noun used as an adjective, or an adjective as an adverb, without the addition of a formative suffix; or an infinitive without the sign "to".

Example: Many flat adverbs, as in 'run fast', 'buy cheap', etc. are from Old English.

Definition: (of a golf club) Having a head at a very obtuse angle to the shaft.

Definition: (of certain fruits) Flattening at the ends.

Definition: (authorship, especially of a character) Lacking in depth, substance, or believability; underdeveloped; one-dimensional.

Example: The author added a chapter to flesh out the books' flatter characters.

Definition: Fixed; unvarying.

Example: a flat fare on public transport

Phonetic: "/flæt/"

Part Of Speech: adverb

Definition: So as to be flat.

Example: Spread the tablecloth flat over the table.

Definition: Bluntly.

Example: I asked him if he wanted to marry me and he turned me down flat.

Definition: (with units of time, distance, etc) Not exceeding.

Example: He can run a mile in four minutes flat.

Definition: Completely.

Example: I am flat broke this month.

Definition: Directly; flatly.

Definition: Without allowance for accrued interest.

Phonetic: "/kɵnˈkɹiːt/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A solid mass formed by the coalescence of separate particles; a compound substance, a concretion.

Definition: Specifically, a building material created by mixing cement, water, and aggregate such as gravel and sand.

Example: The road was made of concrete that had been poured in large slabs.

Definition: A term designating both a quality and the subject in which it exists; a concrete term.

Definition: Sugar boiled down from cane juice to a solid mass.

Definition: A dessert of frozen custard with various toppings.

Definition: An extract of herbal materials that has a semi-solid consistency, especially when such materials are partly aromatic.

Phonetic: "/kɵnˈkɹiːt/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: (usually transitive) To cover with or encase in concrete (building material).

Example: I hate grass, so I concreted over my lawn.

Definition: (usually transitive) To solidify: to change from being abstract to being concrete (actual, real).

Definition: To unite or coalesce into a mass or a solid body.

Phonetic: "/kɵnˈkɹiːt/"

Part Of Speech: adjective

Definition: Real, actual, tangible.

Example: Fuzzy videotapes and distorted sound recordings are not concrete evidence that bigfoot exists.

Definition: Being or applying to actual things, not abstract qualities or categories.

Definition: Particular, specific, rather than general.

Example: While everyone else offered thoughts and prayers, she made a concrete proposal to help.

Definition: United by coalescence of separate particles, or liquid, into one mass or solid.

Definition: (modifying a noun) Made of concrete, a building material.

Example: The office building had concrete flower boxes out front.

Phonetic: "/ɹuːf/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: The external covering at the top of a building.

Example: The roof was blown off by the tornado.

Definition: The top external level of a building.

Example: Let's go up to the roof.

Definition: The upper part of a cavity.

Example: The palate is the roof of the mouth.

Definition: The surface or bed of rock immediately overlying a bed of coal or a flat vein.

Definition: (rockclimbing) An overhanging rock wall