flat-water

[ flat-waw-ter, -wot-er ]

/ ˈflætˌwɔ tər, -ˌwɒt ər /

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adjective

pertaining to or moving over a calm, level, or slow-flowing water channel.

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How to use flat-water in a sentence

Each side of each137 flat water cell abuts on an air passage.
The Gasoline Motor|Harold Whiting Slauson
Jesse waved an arm to the broad expanse of flat water above the great dam of the power company.
The Young Alaskans on the Missouri|Emerson Hough
It was made of a smooth flat water-worn beach pebble 132 mm.
The Archaeology of the Yakima Valley|Harlan Ingersoll Smith
Its floor was water, flat water, subdivided into large rectangular vats.
Rebels of the Red Planet|Charles Louis Fontenay

The tight little craft still bent over to the blast, but she cut through perfectly flat water now.
Chasing the Sun|R.M. Ballantyne