flat as a pancake
Utterly without elevation
Flat as a pancake describes something extremely flat—leveled, flattened, or lacking any elevation or curvature.
The phrase emphasizes completeness: The tire was flat as a pancake.
It often describes terrain (Kansas is flat as a pancake) or things that have been crushed or deflated.
The comparison to a pancake, while intuitive, is somewhat imprecise—actual pancakes have slight texture and rise.
- levelHorizontal or uniform position
- thinSmall in diameter
- paper thinExtremely flimsy or slight
- smoothWithout roughness or difficulty
- compressedReduced by pressure
rolling pin · blini · flapjack · dosa · mesa · crepe · unvarying · even · billiard table · ironing board · tortilla · injera · steamroller · plateau · roti · two-dimensional · hockey rink · heliport
- folk sayingsproverb, adage, maxim, folk saying, old saying
flat as a pancakemountainous
Having many peaks
hilly · rugged · undulating · rolling · craggy
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