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flat as a pancake

flat as a pancake adjective: particularly or extremely flat.

Adjective

flat as a pancake (comparative more flat as a pancake, superlative most flat as a pancake)

  1. (simile) Particularly or extremely flat.
    • If something that heavy landed on him, he'd be squished flat as a pancake.

Forms of flat as a pancake

comparativemore flat as a pancake
superlativemost flat as a pancake

Questions about flat as a pancake

What does flat as a pancake mean?
Flat as a pancake means particularly or extremely flat.
What part of speech is flat as a pancake?
Flat as a pancake is an adjective.

Words near flat as a pancake in the dictionary

  1. flat adverb
  2. flat adverbs
  3. flat affect
  4. flat affects
  5. flat as a bedsheet
  6. flat as a pancake
  7. flat as my hat
  8. flat as your hat
  9. flat back four
  10. flat back fours
  11. flat bean

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