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Definition flat in British English

flat noun

noun
/flæt/
1

a set of rooms for living in, usually on one floor of a large building. The usual American word is apartment

Example

They bought a flat in Chelsea.

Example

The family live in a fourth-floor flat.

Example

Let's meet at my flat.

Example

a block of flats (=a building with a lot of flats in it)

Synonyms and related words
accommodation accommodations apartment
2

a musical note that is one semitone lower than a particular note

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A b bass
2.1

a written symbol ♭ for showing that you must play or sing a note a semitone lower

Synonyms and related words
adagio allegro andante
3

a low flat area of land, usually wet land near a large area of water

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bank basin bay bog fen fenland
4

a puncture

Synonyms and related words
accident aquaplane bang up
5

shoes without heels or with very low heels

Synonyms and related words
Birkenstock boat shoe boot
Definition flat in British English

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