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The background used to represent features or surroundings on a theatre stage or film set
(British, rooms) A set of rooms, typically rented, for people to live in
Tall urban residence with multiple dwellings
A waterless, desolate area of land with little or no vegetation, typically one covered with sand
Plural for a place of residence, typically within a large multi-storied building
“In later years, Paley would insist that he had lived in a flat several blocks away, off Grosvenor Square on South Audley Street.”
Plural for low-lying land, especially a marsh
“Sediments are washed onto the mud flat by tidal and storm currents.”
Plural for the portion or section of something that is flattened
“To prevent this, most clockmakers fit the flat of the pendulum rod tight into the fork.”
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