aflat

See also: aflát, A-flat, and A flat

English

Etymology

a- +‎ flat

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /əˈflæt/

Adverb

aflat (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Level with the ground; flat.
    • 1631, Francis [Bacon], “5. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], OCLC 1044372886:
      When you would have many new roots of fruit trees , take a low tree and bow it , and lay all its branches aflat upon the ground , and cast earth upon them

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for aflat in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Anagrams

Romanian

Verb

aflat (past participle of afla)

  1. past participle of afla
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