a procession (of wagons or mules or camels) traveling together in single file; "we were part of a caravan of almost a thousand camels"; "they joined the wagon train for safety"
(New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally said to be the author of the 4th Gospel and three epistles and the book of Revelation
youngest son of Henry II; King of England from 1199 to 1216; succeeded to the throne on the death of his brother Richard I; lost his French possessions; in 1215 John was compelled by the barons to sign the Magna Carta (1167-1216)
a body of people sharing some common interest; "the reading public"
affecting the people or community as a whole; "community leaders"; "community interests"; "the public welfare"
not private; open to or concerning the people as a whole; "the public good"; "public libraries"; "public funds"; "public parks"; "a public scandal"; "public gardens"; "performers and members of royal families are public figures"
scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting
a deflated pneumatic tire
a shallow box in which seedlings are started
a musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named
a level tract of land; "the salt flats of Utah"
commercially inactive; "flat sales for the month"; "prices remained flat"; "a flat market"
not reflecting light; not glossy; "flat wall paint"; "a photograph with a matte finish"
(of a tire) completely or partially deflated
having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness; "flat computer monitors"
having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another; "a flat desk"; "acres of level farmland"; "a plane surface"; "skirts sewn with fine flat seams"
lacking contrast or shading between tones
horizontally level; "a flat roof"
stretched out and lying at full length along the ground; "found himself lying flat on the floor"
sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch; "the owl's faint monotonous hooting"
lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone; "B flat"
(of taxes) not increasing as the amount taxed increases
having lost effervescence; "flat beer"; "a flat cola"