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Definition of "flatland" [flatland]

  • Land that varies little in elevation. (noun)
  • A geographic area composed chiefly of land that varies little in elevation. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "flatland" in a sentence
  • "I could -- and have -- write about the beauty and the land, the transition here from hilly river country to tidal basin flatland to beach -- but what my state gives me as a writer is more the sense that they will be really proud of me if I make it, because I'm theirs, and we're still smarting from that kickball game."
  • "That takes in a lot of stomping ground political "flatland" - where the triumph of emotional party rhetoric over meaningful discussion provides a ready-made excuse not to have one ..."
  • "When the electron falls apart, by P.W. Anderson, Physics Today, October 1997, p. Electrons in flatland, by S. Kivelson, D.H. Lee and S.C. Zhang, Scientific American, March"