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# flat

«flat» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **smooth and level, with no bumps or hills** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (flat, flatter, flattest); noun (a flat, flats); adverb (flat)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Flat means smooth and level, with no bumps or hills. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flat/#m1)

2) A flat shape has length and width but no thickness, like a drawing of a square. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flat/#m2)

3) A flat (British) is a home on one floor of a bigger building; Americans say apartment. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flat/#m3)

4) A flat tyre has lost its air. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flat/#m4)

5) A flat drink has lost its bubbles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flat/#m5)

6) In music, a flat note is a bit lower. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flat/#m6)

7) Flat can mean exactly: in ten seconds flat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flat/#m7)

### sense in the lessons

Interpretation: The Sefer Yetzirah translator explains a hard word for a letter sound as meaning "flat", which is how the tongue is held for it. Such notes show how hard the old text can be to read. In the primary lessons: maths: flat shapes (2D) with area and perimeter, not volume; a flat of fruit is a tray with a set number of boxes; geography: flat land, plains; science: the Earth is not flat; everyday life: a flat tyre on a bike, a flat in a city

### examples

- What was intended was שְׁטוּחָה shetuchah, meaning ‘flat’. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flat/#x1)
- A square is a flat shape. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flat/#x2)
- The table top is flat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flat/#x3)
- They live in a flat on the 3rd floor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flat/#x4)
- A flat of strawberries holds 12 boxes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flat/#x5)
- My bike has a flat tyre. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flat/#x6)
- The land near the coast is flat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flat/#x7)
- The lemonade went flat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flat/#x8)
- Lie flat on the mat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flat/#x9)
- He ran the race in ten seconds flat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flat/#x10)
- Lengthwise, flat on his back, he lay. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flat/#x11)

### note

Flat shapes have area, not volume. Trap: «a flat» of fruit is a tray with a set number of boxes. People long ago did not all think the Earth was flat; that is a myth.

### In the corpora

- [Vivid example: in Melbourne, cousin Jess moves into her first rented flat with a bag of old plates from Gran.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/38-looking-after-yourself-and-a-home/3/)
- [Judging a whole group, like «the kids from the flats», from one picture is how prejudice starts.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation/16/)
- [Scene: in a flat in Bristol, Dad has £100 for the week.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/62-olympiad-plans-in-order-and-money-sums/3/)
- [Recorder players cover the holes with the soft, flat pads of their fingers, because hard fingertips leave gaps that make squeaks.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/1-music-lessons-and-the-recorder/6/)
- [Big flat brushes suit skies and backgrounds; small round brushes with a pointed tip suit details.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/14-painting-paints-brushes-mess-and-mistakes/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «flat» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flat/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.