# flatting

Pronunciation: say "FLAT-ing" /ˈflætɪŋ/

## Noun

1. The practice of living in a shared rented apartment with other people, usually as fellow tenants. *(New Zealand)*
   - Simple: The practice of sharing a rented apartment or house with other people.
   - _Many students take up flatting to cut their living costs while at university._
   - _After years of flatting, she finally bought a place of her own._
3. A type of paint that dries with a flat, matte finish, or a coat applied with it.
   - Simple: A paint that dries to a dull, non-shiny finish, or a coat of it.
   - _Painters often choose flatting for ceilings to reduce glare._
   - _A second coat of flatting gave the walls an even, matte look._
4. The process of making something flat, or of flattening an object.
   - Simple: The act of pressing or making something flat.
   - _The flatting of the steel plate required several passes through the press._
   - _Workers handle the flatting by hand when the panels are small._
5. The process of becoming flat, as something settles or loses its shape.
   - Simple: The way something slowly turns flat by itself.
   - _The flatting of the tire happened gradually over the week._
   - _Chemists studied the flatting of the foam as it lost air._
6. A flat part of something, such as a spot where a surface has been flattened.
   - Simple: A flat area or spot on something.
   - _The machinist ground a flatting onto the round bar to seat the key._
   - _Several flattings along the column gave it a faceted look._
7. An instance of a musical note sounding flatter, or lower in pitch, than intended.
   - Simple: A note that is sung or played a little too low in pitch.
   - _The recording revealed a flatting on the final chord._
   - _Repeated flattings forced the violinist to retune mid-piece._
8. The process of applying a coat of flat, matte-finish paint.
   - Simple: The act of putting on a coat of flat, non-shiny paint.
   - _The flatting of the cabinets reduced the glare in the kitchen._
   - _Painters scheduled the flatting for after the primer had dried._
9. Shaping metal into flat sheets by running it between a pair of rollers.
   - Simple: The process of making metal into thin sheets by squeezing it between rollers.
   - _The mill's flatting produced steel sheets of uniform thickness._
   - _Cold flatting hardens the metal as it is thinned._
10. A method of keeping gold leaf unburnished and matte, by lightly touching it with size, a thin glue.
   - Simple: A way of keeping gold leaf dull instead of shiny by dabbing it with a thin glue.
   - _The restorer chose flatting to keep the gilded letters from shining._
   - _Traditional flatting leaves the gold leaf with a quiet, matte glow._

## Verb

2. Present participle of flat. — present participle and gerund of flat
   - Simple: The -ing form of flat. Use it after am, is, are, was or were, or to name the action.
   - _The tenor was flatting noticeably by the final verse._
   - _The arranger is flatting the seventh to give the chord a bluesy color._

## Origin

Formed from "flat" combined with the suffix "-ing".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/flatting (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).