flat back
Americannoun
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a book spine presenting a completely flat surface.
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a book bound with such a spine.
Etymology
Origin of flat back
First recorded in 1900–05
Example Sentences
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He says he stayed in a hotel suite that was bigger than his flat back home in Aberdeen - something he had never experienced during his own boxing career.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2025
Another option is to use a type of channel shaped like quarter-round molding, with a flat back and base at a right angle and a curved piece connecting the two.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 8, 2021
He introduced Danny Welbeck and Alex Iwobi and switched to a flat back four.
From The Guardian ● May 16, 2017
Every instinct I have tells me to turn the rounded front to my palm and the flat back to my face — because nearly every smartphone to date has been thus designed.
From The Verge ● Mar. 31, 2015
Dismay streaked up Purgatory Hill, his ears flat back against his head, the whites of his eyes wild and terrified.
From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
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