flatting

/ (ˈflætɪŋ) /

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noun

metallurgy the process of flattening metal into a sheet by rolling

NZ the practice of sharing a house with people who are not members of one's own family

verb

NZ to leave the parental home and live independently in a flat, usually with people of the same age group

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Words nearby flatting

flattering, flatter oneself, flattery, flattie, flatties, flatting, flat tire, flattish, flattop, flat-track bully, flat tuning

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How to use flatting in a sentence

In bullion assays the flatting of the buttons requires care and practice for its skilful working.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines.|Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob Beringer
A good smooth malleable button is needed for the next operation, which is known as flatting.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines.|Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob Beringer
How is the singing teacher able, after his class has sung through several scores, to tell that they are flatting?
The Mind and Its Education|George Herbert Betts
If there was no Heaven-shaking inspiration about her, there was no flatting, no slipping from note to note.
Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905|Various

Plated buttons are stamped by the fly-press, out of copper-plate, covered on one side with silver at the flatting-mill.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines|Andrew Ure