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Spell Bee Word: Flat


What does flat mean?

Word: Flat

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Flat means even all over, with no part higher or lower than the rest. A flat is also a home on one floor of a building.

Synonyms: even

Antonyms: bumpy

How do you spell flat?

Syllables: flat

Tricky part: Flat has a short a, the sound at the start of apple. Do not write flet.

Watch out for: flet, flut

Memory tip: Flat has the short a you hear at the start of apple and ant.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. fall flat: To fail to have the effect you hoped for. Example: "Raju's joke fell flat, and nobody laughed."

Flat in a sentence

Example 1: The road near our school is flat and smooth.

Example 2: Spread the dough flat with a rolling pin.

Example 3: We live in a flat on the third floor.

Fun Fact

The Rann of Kutch in Gujarat is a huge, flat salt desert that looks white in winter.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

flat

a) level
b) tall
c) round
d) steep

Show answer

a) level. A flat field and a level field are both even all over.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) square
b) circle
c) flatte
d) smooth

Show answer

c) flatte. Flat ends with a single t and no e.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

fllat

a) t
b) a
c) l
d) f

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c) l. Flat has only one l, straight after the f.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

tlaf

a) falt
b) flta
c) flat
d) ftal

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c) flat. Unscramble the letters to get a word for a road with no bumps.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. ____ is flat.

a) An egg
b) A mountain
c) A table top
d) A ball

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c) A table top

2. A flat is also a kind of ____.

a) food
b) home
c) game
d) car

Show answer

b) home

Associated Words

More Class 1 Summer Spell Bee words starting with fl: flour, flame, flower, floor

More words from this list

hyena, neck, recite, soldier, umbrella, attend, cabin, daddy

Next steps

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