flatting

About 0.02 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The practice of living, with others, in a flat.
2. noun A type of paint that dries with a flat (matt) finish; a coating of such paint.
3. noun The process of applying a coating of flatting paint.
4. noun A flat part of something, a flattening.
5. noun The process of becoming flat.
6. noun The process of causing something to become flat; the process of flattening something.

   flatting-mill

7. noun An instance of a musical note being flatter than intended.
8. noun A method of preserving gilding unburnished, by touching with size.

Similar words

flatette flatshare flatland apartment flatlet flatsharing granny flat flattie flathouse flatdom

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