flats
pronunciation
How to pronounce flats in British English:
UK [f'læts]
How to pronounce flats in American English:
US [f'læts]
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- Noun:
- footwear (shoes or slippers) with no heel (or a flat heel)
Word Origin
- flats (n.)
- "level tidal tract," 1540s, from flat (n.) in the Middle English "level piece of ground" sense.
Example
- 1. Another was a crackdown on partitioning flats for rent .
- 2. The annual production of new flats has been declining for years .
- 3. The flats are small but neatly designed .
- 4. Clarke looks for flats with a view .
- 5. The prices of nearby flats equal those in the richest western cities .