"flat white" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: EN-AU ck1 flat white.ogg [Australia] Forms: flat whites [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} flat white (plural flat whites)
  1. A type of white coffee made with espresso coffee and hot milk, similar to a small latte. Categories (topical): Coffee Translations (white coffee made with espresso and hot milk): 馥芮白 (fùruìbái) (Chinese Mandarin), maitokahvi (Finnish), kawhe mōwai (Maori)
    Sense id: en-flat_white-en-noun-t~R~cd2X Disambiguation of Coffee: 92 8 Disambiguation of 'white coffee made with espresso and hot milk': 96 4
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see flat, white; especially, white paint that is not glossy. Synonyms: flattie [informal] Derived forms: trim flat white [New-Zealand], skinny flat white (english: a flat white made with low-fat milk.) [Australia] Coordinate_terms: cafe au lait, latte
    Sense id: en-flat_white-en-noun-JGOijMp3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 19 81 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 17 83

Inflected forms

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