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aflat

/əˈflæt/

aflat adverb: level with the ground; lying flat.

Adverb

aflat (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Level with the ground; lying flat.
    • When you would have many new roots of fruit trees , take a low tree and bow it , and lay all its branches aflat upon the ground , and cast earth upon them1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “V. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William...

Origin of aflat

From a- + flat.

Questions about aflat

What does aflat mean?
Aflat means level with the ground; lying flat.
What part of speech is aflat?
Aflat is an adverb.
How do you pronounce aflat?
Aflat is pronounced /əˈflæt/.

Words near aflat in the dictionary

  1. Aflao
  2. aflap
  3. aflare
  4. aflash
  5. aflastatin
  6. aflat
  7. aflatoxicol
  8. aflatoxicosis
  9. aflatoxigenic
  10. aflatoxin
  11. aflatoxins

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