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flat_bottomed

flat bottomed

See also: flatbottomed and flat-bottomed

English

Adjective

flat bottomed (comparative more flat bottomed, superlative most flat bottomed)

  1. Alternative spelling of flat-bottomed
    • 1609, Edward Grimeston, A Generall Historie of the Netherlands, A. Islip and G. Eld., page 567:
      The Commanders were alſo aduertiſed that the Spaniards had many flat bottomed boats like vnto theirs….
    • 1900, W. M. Webb, "Sterilisers", in The Agricultural Journal, volume II, page 648:
      Two iron structures are fitted alternately into the machine; they resemble the ordinary scalding copper, but are flat bottomed and perforated to admit steam.
    • 2001, Jack Lewin, Hydraulic Gates and Valves, 2nd edition, Thomas Telford Publishing, ISBN 0-7277-2990-X, page 189:
      The vortex trail will spring from the upstream edge of a flat bottomed gate, causing pressure pulsations at the bottom of the gate.