plain

[pleɪn]

Definition:
1. Extensive tract of level open land.
2. Clearly apparent or obvious to the mind or senses.
3. Not elaborate or elaborated; simple.

Use 'plain' in a sentence:

1. The city is pretty much plain vanilla.
2. He placed the paper in a plain envelope.
3. It was a rip-off, plain and simple.
4. Pictures add interest to plain painted walls.
5. He was attired in a plain, mud-flecked uniform.
6. Can you help me translate this legal jargon into plain English?
7. It was a rip-off, plain and simple .
8. It was the plain unvarnished truth.
9. In general, a plain carpet makes a room look bigger.
10. Lawson writes so well: in plain English, without fuss or affectation.
11. The Shakers believed that furniture should be plain, simple, useful, practical, and of sound construction.
12. It was plain to him that I was having a nervous breakdown.
13. You don't need any special skills for this job, just plain common sense.
14. Just a pig—a plain pig!
15. Plainer examples of the early period do not fetch anything like these sums.
16. He made it plain that we should leave.
17. It is plain, but you know it's nice-looking.
18. It was a plain, grey stone house.
19. It lies between the plain and the sea at an oblique angle to the coastline.
20. It is plain to see we will not have anything to eat yet again.
21. Bronwen's dress was plain but it hung well on her.
22. Write on plain paper.
23. Patterson pointed toward a plain cardboard box beneath a long wooden table.
24. Three officers in plain clothes told me to get out of the car.
25. The interior of the church was plain and simple.
26. Little mountain stream is dashing down to the plain.
27. He's made it plain that he loves the game and wants to be involved still.
28. The facts were plain to see.
29. You can substitute plain flour if you cannot find self-raising flour.
30. The food was just plain terrible.
31. He wore a plain blue shirt, open at the collar.
32. The wide plain, with thousands of animals on the move, was an awesome spectacle.
33. Use a belt to accessorise a plain dress.
34. The walls were plain and unadorned.
35. The Shakers believed that furniture should be plain, simple, useful, practical and of sound construction.
36. The implication was plain, if left unstated.
37. It was a plain, grey stone house, distinguished mainly by its largely unspoilt simplicity.
38. But is plain tap water all that bad?
39. You can often choose between plain white or coloured and patterned scarves.
40. Plain and simple clothes are appropriate for school wear.
41. Why couldn't they call you plain Ann or Alice like the rest?
42. I don't like plain chocolate.
43. Pregnancy wasn't all plain sailing and once again there were problems.
44. A plain necklace was her only adornment.
45. She made her annoyance plain.
46. The facts were plain to see .
47. Once there were 70 million buffalo on the plains.
48. She swapped her plain suit for a girlie dress.
49. The plain fact is that nobody really knows.