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flat whites

flat whites is the plural of flat white.

Meaning of flat white

Noun

flat white (plural flat whites)

  1. A type of white coffee made with espresso coffee and hot milk, similar to a small latte.
    • Coffee at Adelaide airport at 2 p.m., 9 July 2006. In all innocence, I prepared to judge carefully two flat whites. The Melbourne-based franchise chain Hudsons Coffee proclaimed a ‘formidable reputation for consistently making great cups of coffee’, but its airport outlet provided no evidence of...2007, Michael Symons, One Continuous Picnic: A Gastronomic History of Australia, 2nd edition, page 323
    Synonyms:
    flattie
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see flat, white; especially, white paint that is not glossy.

Questions about flat whites

What is flat whites the plural of?
Flat whites is the plural of flat white.

Words near flat whites in the dictionary

  1. flat tyres
  2. flat wagon
  3. flat wagons
  4. flat water
  5. flat white
  6. flat whites
  7. flat wrack
  8. flat wracks
  9. flat-backed millipede
  10. flat-bed
  11. flat-beds

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