flatting

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈflætɪŋ/

Noun

Australia New-Zealand uncountable usually countable

(Australia, New Zealand) The practice of living, with others, in a flat. / (countable) A type of paint that dries with a flat (matt) finish; a coating of such paint.

Japanese Meaning

（オーストラリア、ニュージーランドにおいて）他の人とアパート（フラット）を共有して暮らすこと / （可算名詞）ツヤ消し仕上げで乾く塗料、またはその塗装

What is this buttons?

After three months of flatting, I finally learned how to cook for both myself and my flatmates.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

フラットでの共同生活を始めて3か月目に、ついに自分とルームメイトのために料理が作れるようになった。

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Sense（1）

(Australia, New Zealand) The practice of living, with others, in a flat.

Sense（2）

(countable) A type of paint that dries with a flat (matt) finish; a coating of such paint.

Bankart is of opinion that “an important point as regards painters on board ship is to recognize the fact that there is danger of poisoning, whenever quick-drying paints and flattings are being used in inclosed spaces,[…].”

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Sense（3）

The process of applying a coating of flatting paint.

Sense（4）

(countable) A flat part of something, a flattening.

I have been informed, that there are some tribes in whom the posterior part of the head is flattened instead of the front part, and that these depressions and flattings of the head are produced by such artificial pressure.

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Sense（5）

The process of becoming flat.

Sense（6）

The process of causing something to become flat; the process of flattening something.

flatting-mill

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Sense（7）

(countable) An instance of a musical note being flatter than intended.

The bell ropes hang from the outside of the tower, the resultant friction of the ropes over the brick sides producing irresolute sharpings or flattings of the notes.

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