"flat as a pancake" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: En-au-flat as a pancake.ogg [Australia] Forms: more flat as a pancake [comparative], most flat as a pancake [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} flat as a pancake (comparative more flat as a pancake, superlative most flat as a pancake)
  1. (simile) Particularly or extremely flat. Translations (extremely flat): flad som en pandekage (Danish), litteä kuin pannukakku (Finnish), plat comme une crêpe (French), flach wie ein Pfannkuchen (German), flat som en pannekake (Norwegian Bokmål), flat som ei pannekake (Norwegian Nynorsk), пло́ский как блин (plóskij kak blin) (Russian), platt som en pannkaka (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-flat_as_a_pancake-en-adj-FIXYHJmn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English similes

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