aflat

A1F4L1A1T1
/əˈflæt/

adverb

Level with the ground; lying flat.

Scrabble 8
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Meanings

adverbaflat (not comparable)
  1. not comparableobsoleteLevel with the ground; lying flat.

    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

    1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “V. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC

Origin

From a- + flat.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

fatalFalta
Cite this entry
APA

aflat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aflat

MLA

“aflat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aflat. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “aflat,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aflat.

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