flathead

Straight-blade driver type

Flathead describes something with a flat top surface.

A flathead screwdriver has a single flat blade that fits into slotted screws, as opposed to a Phillips head.

A flathead engine has cylinders and valves arranged in a flat configuration.

Flathead is also a category of freshwater catfish with distinctively flattened heads, prized by anglers: He caught a thirty-pound flathead.

fish

catfish

Barbeled freshwater bottom-feeder

turbot · grouper · cod · bass · perch · mullet · gudgeon · freshwater · estuary · angler

insult

blockhead

Stupid, foolish person

dunce · simpleton · dullard · airhead · dope · nitwit · oaf · dolt · knucklehead · nincompoop

screwdriver

slotted

Having narrow openings

screw · tighten · loosen · countersink · torque · handle · grip · shaft · tip · toolbox

shape

broad

Wide in span

  • wideOf great breadth
  • levelHorizontal or uniform position
  • smoothWithout roughness or difficulty

planar · even · compressed · low-profile · squat · horizontal · flush · shallow

engine

V8

Eight-cylinder engine layout

vintage · classic · carburetor · manifold · intake · exhaust · valve · block · crankshaft · piston

Categories
Opposites
screw drive type

flatheadPhillips

Cross-slotted fastener system

Phillips head · crosshead · pan head · star drive · Robertson

engine configuration

flatheadoverhead cam

Camshaft positioned above valves

DOHC · hemi · pushrod

head shape (literal/anatomical)

flatheadconehead

Pointed-skull individual

Phrases
Family

flatheads, flatheaded

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G