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1 flat
[flæt] 1. adjective1) (level; without rise or fall: a flat surface.) flatur2) (dull; without interest: She spent a very flat weekend.) leiðinlegur, tilbreytingarlítill3) ((of something said, decided etc) definite; emphatic: a flat denial.) afdráttarlaus4) ((of a tyre) not inflated, having lost most of its air: His car had a flat tyre.) vindlaus5) ((of drinks) no longer fizzy: flat lemonade; ( also adverb) My beer has gone flat.) flatur, goslaus6) (slightly lower than a musical note should be: That last note was flat; ( also adverb) The choir went very flat.) lágur; sem hangir í tóninum; of lágt2. adverb(stretched out: She was lying flat on her back.) flatt3. noun1) ((American apartment) a set of rooms on one floor, with kitchen and bathroom, in a larger building or block: Do you live in a house or a flat?) íbúð2) ((in musical notation) a sign (♭) which makes a note a semitone lower.) bé, lækkunarmerki3) (a level, even part: the flat of her hand.) flatur4) ((usually in plural) an area of flat land, especially beside the sea, a river etc: mud flats.) flatlendi, sléttlendi•- flatly- flatten
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2 A flat
noun ((music) a note that is a semitone lower than A.) -
3 penthouse
(a (usually luxurious) flat at the top of a building: That apartment building has a beautiful penthouse; ( also adjective) a penthouse flat.) þakíbúð -
4 apartment
1) (a room, usually rented, in a private house.) herbergi2) (a flat.) íbúð3) (a single room in a house: a five-apartment house.) herbergi -
5 bellyflop
noun (a bad jump into water in which the front of your body crashes flat against the water.) -
6 drawing-pin
noun ((American thumbtack) a pin with a broad, flat head used for fastening paper to a board etc.) teiknibóla -
7 dustpan
noun (a type of flat container with a handle, used for holding dust swept from the floor.) fægiskúffa -
8 dwelling
noun (a house, flat etc.) bústaður -
9 houseboat
noun (a type of boat, usually with a flat bottom, which is built to be lived in.) húsbátur -
10 keyboard
1) (the keys in a piano, typewriter etc arranged along or on a flat board: The pianist sat down at the keyboard and began to play; A computer keyboard looks like that of a typewriter; ( also adjective) harpsichords and other early keyboard instruments.) lyklaborð; hljómborð2) (any keyboard (musical) instrument.) -
11 kneecap
noun (the flat, round bone on the front of the knee joint.) hnéskel -
12 muffin
(a type of round, flat cake eaten hot with butter.) lítil formkaka -
13 paddle-wheel
noun (a large wheel fitted with flat pieces of wood, attached to the side or stern of a boat and turned to make it move through the water.) spaðahjól -
14 paving-stone
noun (a large flat stone or piece of concrete used for paving.) gangstéttarhella -
15 platter
(a kind of large, flat plate: a wooden platter.) fat -
16 pug
(a kind of small dog with a flat nose.) kubbur (hundur) -
17 rudder
1) (a flat piece of wood, metal etc fixed to the back of a boat for steering.) stÿri2) (a similar device on an aircraft.) (hliðar)stÿri -
18 shoulder-blade
noun (the broad flat bone of the back of the shoulder.) herðablað -
19 stepladder
noun (a ladder with a hinged support at the back and flat steps, not rungs.) (vinnu)tröppur -
20 suitcase
noun (a case with flat sides for clothes etc, used by a person when travelling: He hastily packed his (clothes in his) suitcase.) ferðataska
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flat — Ⅰ. flat [1] ► ADJECTIVE (flatter, flattest) 1) having a level and even surface. 2) not sloping. 3) with a level surface and little height or depth: a flat cap. 4) (of shoes) without high heels. 5) … English terms dictionary
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