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an apartment whose series of narrow rooms forms a more or less straight line. Also called railroad apartment.[1925-30]
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railroad flat — ☆ railroad flat n. an apartment of rooms in a line, entered one from another, with no hallway … English World dictionary
railroad flat — noun an apartment whose rooms are all in a line with doors between them • Hypernyms: ↑apartment, ↑flat * * * noun or railroad apartment : an apartment in a substandard building having a series of narrow rooms arranged in line usually with each… … Useful english dictionary
railroad flat — rail′road flat n. an apartment whose series of narrow rooms forms a more or less straight line. Also called rail′road apart ment … From formal English to slang
railroad flat — noun Date: 1947 an apartment having a series of narrow rooms arranged in line … New Collegiate Dictionary
Railroad apartment — A railroad apartment, or railroad flat, is an apartment with a series of rooms connecting to each other in a line. [Cassidy, Frances Gomes. Dictionary of American Regional English. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1985. ISBN… … Wikipedia
flat — Synonyms and related words: 3 D, Pullman, Pullman car, abeyant, absolute, absolutely, absonant, accented, accidental, accommodation, accordant, accumbent, achromatic, achromic, act drop, admitting no exception, alabaster, alike, alkali flat, all… … Moby Thesaurus
railroad apartment — noun see railroad flat … Useful english dictionary
Flat — (fl[a^]t), a. [Compar. {Flatter} (fl[a^]t r[ e]r); superl. {Flattest} (fl[a^]t t[e^]st).] [Akin to Icel. flatr, Sw. flat, Dan. flad, OHG. flaz, and AS. flet floor, G. fl[ o]tz stratum, layer.] 1. Having an even and horizontal surface, or nearly… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Flat arch — Flat Flat (fl[a^]t), a. [Compar. {Flatter} (fl[a^]t r[ e]r); superl. {Flattest} (fl[a^]t t[e^]st).] [Akin to Icel. flatr, Sw. flat, Dan. flad, OHG. flaz, and AS. flet floor, G. fl[ o]tz stratum, layer.] 1. Having an even and horizontal surface,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Flat cap — Flat Flat (fl[a^]t), a. [Compar. {Flatter} (fl[a^]t r[ e]r); superl. {Flattest} (fl[a^]t t[e^]st).] [Akin to Icel. flatr, Sw. flat, Dan. flad, OHG. flaz, and AS. flet floor, G. fl[ o]tz stratum, layer.] 1. Having an even and horizontal surface,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
