flat

«flat» in Mova's judaism dictionary: smooth and level, with no bumps or hills — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (flat, flatter, flattest); noun (a flat, flats); adverb (flat)

meaning for a pupil

1) Flat means smooth and level, with no bumps or hills. tree →

2) A flat shape has length and width but no thickness, like a drawing of a square. tree →

3) A flat (British) is a home on one floor of a bigger building; Americans say apartment. tree →

4) A flat tyre has lost its air. tree →

5) A flat drink has lost its bubbles. tree →

6) In music, a flat note is a bit lower. tree →

7) Flat can mean exactly: in ten seconds flat. tree →

sense in the lessons

Interpretation: The Sefer Yetzirah translator explains a hard word for a letter sound as meaning "flat", which is how the tongue is held for it. Such notes show how hard the old text can be to read. In the primary lessons: maths: flat shapes (2D) with area and perimeter, not volume; a flat of fruit is a tray with a set number of boxes; geography: flat land, plains; science: the Earth is not flat; everyday life: a flat tyre on a bike, a flat in a city

examples

• What was intended was שְׁטוּחָה shetuchah, meaning ‘flat’. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) tree →
• A square is a flat shape. tree →
• The table top is flat. tree →
• They live in a flat on the 3rd floor. tree →
• A flat of strawberries holds 12 boxes. tree →
• My bike has a flat tyre. tree →
• The land near the coast is flat. tree →
• The lemonade went flat. tree →
• Lie flat on the mat. tree →
• He ran the race in ten seconds flat. tree →
• Lengthwise, flat on his back, he lay. tree →

note

Flat shapes have area, not volume. Trap: «a flat» of fruit is a tray with a set number of boxes. People long ago did not all think the Earth was flat; that is a myth.

In the corpora

• Vivid example: in Melbourne, cousin Jess moves into her first rented flat with a bag of old plates from Gran.
• Judging a whole group, like «the kids from the flats», from one picture is how prejudice starts.
• Scene: in a flat in Bristol, Dad has £100 for the week.
• Recorder players cover the holes with the soft, flat pads of their fingers, because hard fingertips leave gaps that make squeaks.
• Big flat brushes suit skies and backgrounds; small round brushes with a pointed tip suit details.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «flat» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.