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Flat

see synonyms of flat

Noun

1. flat

a level tract of land

Example Sentences:
'the salt flats of Utah'

2. flat

a shallow box in which seedlings are started

3. flat

a musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named

4. flat, flatbed, flatcar

freight car without permanent sides or roof

5. flat, flat tire

a deflated pneumatic tire

6. flat

scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting

7. apartment, flat

a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house

Adjective

8. flat, level, plane

having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another

Example Sentences:
'a flat desk'
'acres of level farmland'
'a plane surface'
'skirts sewn with fine flat seams'

9. flat

having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness

Example Sentences:
'flat computer monitors'

10. categoric, categorical, flat, unconditional

not modified or restricted by reservations

Example Sentences:
'a categorical denial'
'a flat refusal'

11. flat, prostrate

stretched out and lying at full length along the ground

Example Sentences:
'found himself lying flat on the floor'

12. flat

lacking contrast or shading between tones

13. flat

(of a musical note) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone

Example Sentences:
'B flat'

14. compressed, flat

flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)

15. bland, flat, flavorless, flavourless, insipid, savorless, savourless, vapid

lacking taste or flavor or tang

Example Sentences:
'a bland diet'
'insipid hospital food'
'flavorless supermarket tomatoes'
'vapid beer'
'vapid tea'

16. bland, flat

lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting

Example Sentences:
'a bland little drama'
'a flat joke'

17. flat

having lost effervescence

Example Sentences:
'flat beer'
'a flat cola'

18. flat, monotone, monotonic, monotonous

sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch

Example Sentences:
'the owl's faint monotonous hooting'

19. flat

horizontally level

Example Sentences:
'a flat roof'

20. 2-dimensional, flat, two-dimensional

lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth

Example Sentences:
'a film with two-dimensional characters'
'a flat two-dimensional painting'

21. flat, mat, matt, matte, matted

not reflecting light; not glossy

Example Sentences:
'flat wall paint'
'a photograph with a matte finish'

22. flat

commercially inactive

Example Sentences:
'flat sales for the month'
'prices remained flat'
'a flat market'

Adverb

23. flat

with flat sails

Example Sentences:
'sail flat against the wind'

24. directly, flat, straight

in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly

Example Sentences:
'he didn't answer directly'
'told me straight out'
'came out flat for less work and more pay'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Flat

see synonyms of flat
adjectiveWord forms: flatter or flattest
1. 
horizontal; level
flat ground
a flat roof
2. 
even or smooth, without projections or depressions
a flat surface
3. 
lying stretched out at full length; prostrate
he lay flat on the ground
4. 
having little depth or thickness; cshallow
a flat dish
5. (postpositive; often foll by against)
having a surface or side in complete contact with another surface
flat against the wall
6. 
spread out, unrolled, or levelled
7. 
(of a tyre) deflated, either partially or completely
8. 
(of shoes) having an unraised or only slightly raised heel
9. mainly British
a. 
(of races, racetracks, or racecourses) not having obstacles to be jumped
b. 
of, relating to, or connected with flat racing as opposed to steeplechasing and hurdling
flat jockeys earn more
10. 
without qualification; total
a flat denial
11. 
without possibility of change; fixed
a flat rate
12. (prenominal or immediately postpositive)
neither more nor less; exact
he did the journey in thirty minutes flat
a flat thirty minutes
13. 
unexciting or lacking point or interest
a flat joke
14. 
without variation or resonance; monotonous
a flat voice
15. 
(of food) stale or tasteless
16. 
(of beer, sparkling wines, etc) having lost effervescence, as by exposure to air
17. 
(of trade, business, a market, etc) commercially inactive; sluggish
18. 
(of a battery) fully discharged; dead
19. 
(of a print, photograph, or painting) lacking contrast or shading between tones
20. 
(of paint) without gloss or lustre; matt
21. 
(of a painting) lacking perspective
22. 
(of lighting) diffuse
23. music
a. (immediately postpositive)
denoting a note of a given letter name (or the sound it represents) that has been lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone
B flat
b. 
(of an instrument, voice, etc) out of tune by being too low in pitch
Compare sharp (sense 12)
24. phonetics another word for lenis
25.  flat a
adverb
26. 
in or into a prostrate, level, or flat state or position
he held his hand out flat
27. 
completely or utterly; absolutely
he went flat against the rules
28. 
exactly; precisely
in three minutes flat
29. music
a. 
lower than a standard pitch
b. 
too low in pitch
she sings flat
Compare sharp (sense 18)
30.  fall flat
31.  flat out
noun
32. 
a flat object, surface, or part
33. (often plural)
a low-lying tract of land, esp a marsh or swamp
34. (often plural)
a mud bank exposed at low tide
35. music
a. 
an accidental that lowers the pitch of the following note by one chromatic semitone
. Usual symbol: ♭
b. 
a note affected by this accidental
Compare sharp (sense 19)
36. theatre
a rectangular wooden frame covered with painted canvas, etc, used to form part of a stage setting
37. 
a punctured car tyre
38.  the flat
39. nautical
a flatboat or lighter
40. US and Canadian
a shallow box or container, used for holding plants, growing seedlings, etc
verbWord forms: flats, flatting or flatted
41. 
to make or become flat
42. music the usual US word for flatten (sense 3)
noun
1. 
a set of rooms comprising a residence entirely on one floor of a building
. Usual US and Canadian name: apartment
2. British and New Zealand
a portion of a house used as separate living quarters
3. New Zealand
a house shared with people who are not members of one's own family
verbWord forms: flats, flatting or flatted (intransitive)
4. Australian and New Zealand
to live in a flat (with someone)

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Flat

see synonyms of flat
adjectiveWord forms: ˈflatter or ˈflattest
1. 
having a smooth, level surface; having little or no depression or elevation
2. 
a. 
lying extended at full length
b. 
spread out smooth and level
3. 
touching at as many points as possible
with his back flat against the wall
4. 
a. 
having little depth or thickness; broad, even, and thin
b. 
having a flat heel or no heel
flat shoes
5. 
designating or having an almost straight or level trajectory or flight
6. 
absolute; positive
a flat denial
7. 
not variable; fixed
a flat rate, a flat tax
8. 
without much business activity
a flat market
9. 
having little or no sparkle or taste; insipid
a flat drink
10. 
having little or no interest; monotonous; dull
11. 
not clear or full; blurred
a flat sound
12.  US
emptied of air
a flat tire
13.  US, Informal
completely without money; penniless
14. 
without gloss
flat paint
15.  Art
a. 
lacking relief, depth, or perspective
b. 
uniform in tint or shade
16.  Grammar
a. 
not having the sign to
said of an infinitive: Ex.: go in “make it go”
b. 
not having an inflectional ending
said esp. of certain adverbs: Ex.: he drove fast
17.  Music
a. 
lower in pitch by a half step
D-flat (D57394)
b. 
out of tune by being below the true or proper pitch
18.  Phonetics
designating the vowel a when it represents the sound (a) as in had or hat, articulated with the tongue in a relatively level position
19.  Photography
lacking in contrast
adverbWord forms: ˈflatter or ˈflattest
20. 
in a flat manner; flatly (in various senses)
21. 
in a prone or supine position
22. 
a. 
exactly; precisely
to run a race in ten seconds flat
b. 
bluntly; abruptly
she left him flat
23.  US, Finance
with no interest
24.  Music
below the true or proper pitch
noun
25. 
a flat surface or part
the flat of the hand, of a sword, etc.
26.  [often pl.]
an expanse of level land
27. 
a low-lying marsh
28. 
a shallow; shoal
29. 
any of various flat things
; specif.,
a. 
a shallow box or container, as for growing seedlings
b.  US
flatcar
c. 
a piece of theatrical scenery on a flat frame
d.  US
a deflated tire
e.  [pl.]
women's flat-heeled shoes or slippers
30.  American Football
the area flanking either end of the offensive line
31.  Music
a. 
a note or tone one half step below another
b. 
the sign (57394) indicating such a note
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈflatted or ˈflatting
32.  Music
to make flat; lower a half step
verb intransitive
33. 
to sing or play below the true or proper pitch
noun
Chiefly British
an apartment or suite of rooms on one floor of a building

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Flat

see synonyms of flat
adj. flat·ter, flat·test
1.
a. Having a smooth, even surface: a flat field. See Synonyms at level.
b. Having a relatively broad level surface in relation to thickness or depth: a flat box.
2.
a. Being in horizontal position; lying down: flat on his back.
b. Being without slope or curvature: a flat line on a chart.
c. Having a low heel or no heel: flat shoes.
3. Free of qualification; absolute: a flat refusal.
4. Fixed; unvarying: a flat rate.
5. Lacking interest or excitement; dull: a flat scenario.
6.
a. Lacking in flavor: a flat stew that needs salt.
b. Having lost effervescence or sparkle: flat beer.
7.
a. Deflated. Used of a tire.
b. Electrically discharged. Used of a storage battery.
8. Of or relating to a horizontal line that displays no ups or downs and signifies the absence of physiological activity: A flat electroencephalogram indicates a loss of brain function.
9. Of or relating to a hierarchy with relatively few tiers or levels: a flat organization chart.
10. Commercially inactive; sluggish: flat sales for the month.
11. Unmodulated; monotonous: a flat voice.
12. Lacking variety in tint or shading; uniform: "The sky was bright but flat, the color of oyster shells" (Anne Tyler).
13. Not glossy; matte: flat paint.
14. Music
a. Being below the correct pitch.
b. Being one half step lower than the corresponding natural key: the key of B flat.
15. Designating the vowel a as pronounced in bad or cat.
16. Nautical Taut. Used of a sail.
17. Informal Having small breasts.
adv.
1.
a. Level with the ground; horizontally.
b. On or up against a flat surface; at full length.
2. So as to be flat.
3.
a. Directly; completely: went flat against the rules; flat broke.
b. Exactly; precisely: arrived in six minutes flat.
4. Music Below the intended pitch.
5. Business Without interest charge.
n.
1. A flat surface or part.
2. often flats A stretch of level ground: salt flats.
3. A shallow frame or box for seeds or seedlings.
4. A movable section of stage scenery, usually consisting of a wooden frame and a decorated panel of wood or cloth.
5. A flatcar.
6. A deflated tire.
7. A shoe with a flat heel.
8. A large flat piece of mail.
9. A horse that competes in a flat race. Also called runner.
10. Music
a. A sign (♭) used to indicate that a note is to be lowered by a semitone.
b. A note that is lowered a semitone.
11. Football The area of the field to either side of an offensive formation.
v. flat·ted, flat·ting, flats
v.tr.
1. To make flat; flatten.
2. Music To lower (a note) a semitone.
v.intr.
Music
To sing or play below the proper pitch.
n.
1. An apartment on one floor of a building.
2. Archaic A story in a house.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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