flatting

noun

1. The practice of living, with others, in a flat.
2. A type of paint that dries with a flat (matt) finish; a coating of such paint.
3. The process of applying a coating of flatting paint.
4. A flat part of something, a flattening.
5. The process of becoming flat.
6. The process of causing something to become flat; the process of flattening something.
7. An instance of a musical note being flatter than intended.
8. A method of preserving gilding unburnished, by touching with size.
9. The process of forming metal into sheets by passing it between rollers.