American English pronunciation

How to pronounce flatten

IPA transcription: [f'lætən]

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Verb

  • make flat or flatter

    “flatten a road”

    “flatten your stomach with these exercises”

  • become flat or flatter

    “The landscape flattened”

  • lower the pitch of (musical notes)

Usage examples

  • It was faintly marked with transverse stripes and slightly flattened from the perfect round.
  • The peduncle stem is slender, flattened and rather short.
  • It was faintly marked with transverse stripes and slightly flattened from the perfect round.
  • It was faintly marked with transverse stripes and slightly flattened from the perfect round.
  • It was faintly marked with transverse stripes and slightly flattened from the perfect round.
  • It was faintly marked with transverse stripes and slightly flattened from the perfect round.
  • This family includes two genera, "Barbourula" and "Bombina", both of which have flattened bodies.
  • Geodesists, by convention, use the semimajor axis and flattening.
  • It was faintly marked with transverse stripes and slightly flattened from the perfect round.
  • The tin was flattened on an anvil made of a block of steel.