- flat
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun1 (BrE) set of rooms ⇨ See also ↑apartmentADJECTIVE▪ big, spacious▪ modest▪ cramped, little, poky, small, tiny▪ comfortable, cosy▪ beautiful, nice▪ luxury, posh▪ shabby▪ modern▪ self-contained▪ purpose-built▪ furnished, unfurnished▪ one-room, studio▪ one-bedroomed, two-room, etc.▪ bachelor, granny▪
Even the prices of small bachelor flats are unbelievable.
▪They converted two rooms of their house into a granny flat for Tony's elderly mother.
▪ attic, basement, bottom, downstairs, first-floor, ground-floor, penthouse, top, top-floor, upstairs▪the people who live in the downstairs flat
▪ high-rise▪a block of high-rise flats
▪ empty, unoccupied▪ rented▪ council▪ holiday▪ next▪They live in the next flat.
… OF FLATS▪ block▪The tall blocks of flats dominated the skyline.
VERB + FLAT▪ have, own▪They have a flat in Paris and a house in Normandy.
▪ rent▪The musician rented a flat in a fashionable area of London.
▪ let, sublet▪The landlady found they had been illegally subletting the flat.
▪ buy, sell▪ find (sb), look for▪Do you think that the council could find me another flat?
▪ get (sb)▪We got her a flat in the same block as ours.
▪ live in, occupy, stay in▪Our flat is one of the two occupied in the block.
▪ share▪ move into▪ move from, move out from, move out of▪ build▪ decorate, refurbish▪a contract to refurbish 18 council flats
▪ lock, lock up▪ let sb/yourself into▪She let herself into the flat with the spare key.
▪ leave, let sb/yourself out of▪ break into▪ evict sb fromFLAT + VERB▪ be located▪The flat is located in a modern development.
▪ face sth, overlook sth▪a luxury block of flats overlooking the marina
PREPOSITION▪ at a/the flat▪I'll meet you back at your flat.
▪ in a/the flat▪She lives in the top flat.
PHRASES▪ convert sth into flats, divide sth into flats, make sth into flats, turn sth into flats▪The house has now been converted into flats.
2 flats low-lying landADJECTIVE▪ coastal (esp. BrE), tidal▪ mud (usually mudflat), salt, sand▪mud and sand flats rich in animal life
PREPOSITION▪ on the flat▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}These birds live on the tidal flats.
adj.VERBS▪ be, look▪ become▪ lie, stay▪I can't get this material to lie flat.
▪She lay flat on the ground.
▪ remain, stay▪Interest rates have remained flat.
▪ fold sth, get sth, make sth, press sth▪Shall I fold the paper flat or roll it up?
▪ knock sb▪He knocked me flat on my back.
ADVERB▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc.▪ absolutely, completely, perfectly▪The sea was almost completely flat.
▪ almost, nearlyFlat is used with these nouns: ↑base, ↑battery, ↑beer, ↑belly, ↑calm, ↑cap, ↑chest, ↑contradiction, ↑countryside, ↑denial, ↑desert, ↑dish, ↑door, ↑expanse, ↑fee, ↑foot, ↑ground, ↑intonation, ↑iron, ↑land, ↑nose, ↑number, ↑paint, ↑palm, ↑plain, ↑plane, ↑racing, ↑rate, ↑refusal, ↑road, ↑rock, ↑roof, ↑sandal, ↑screen, ↑sheet, ↑shoe, ↑slab, ↑statement, ↑stomach, ↑surface, ↑tax, ↑terrain, ↑tone, ↑tummy, ↑tyre, ↑voice, ↑vowel{{Roman}}III.{{/Roman}}adv.Flat is used with these adjectives: ↑broke
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
