flat (adj.)

  1. lacking contrast or shading between tones

  2. (of a musical note) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone; B flat'

    flat (n.)

  1. a level tract of land; the salt flats of Utah'

  2. a shallow box in which seedlings are started

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

  4. freight car without permanent sides or roof

    [ Syn: flatcar , flatbed ]

  5. a deflated pneumatic tire

    [ Syn: flat tire ]

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

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

    [ Syn: apartment ]

    flat (adv.)

  1. with flat sails; sail flat against the wind'

  2. in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly; he didnt answer directly; told me straight out; came out flat for less work and more pay

    [ Syn: directly , directly , directly , directly , straight , straight , straight , straight , directly , directly , directly , directly , straight , straight , straight , straight , directly , directly , directly , directly , straight , straight , straight , straight , directly , directly , directly , directly , straight , straight , straight , straight ]

    flat (adj.)

  1. having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another; a flat desk; acres of level farmland; a plane surface; skirts sewn with fine flat seams

    [ Syn: level , plane ]

  2. having lost effervescence; flat beer; a flat cola'

  3. sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch; the owls faint monotonous hooting

    [ Syn: monotone , monotonic , monotonous ]

  4. horizontally level; a flat roof'

  5. lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth; a film with two-dimensional characters; a flat two-dimensional painting

    [ Syn: two-dimensional , 2-dimensional ]

  6. not reflecting light; not glossy; flat wall paint; a photograph with a matte finish

    [ Syn: mat , matt , matte , matted ]

  7. commercially inactive; flat sales for the month; prices remained flat; a flat market'

  8. having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness; flat computer monitors'

  9. not modified or restricted by reservations; a categorical denial; a flat refusal

    [ Syn: categoric , categorical , unconditional ]

  10. stretched out and lying at full length along the ground; found himself lying flat on the floor

    [ Syn: prostrate ]

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

    [ Syn: compressed ]

  12. lacking taste or flavor or tang; a bland diet; insipid hospital food; flavorless supermarket tomatoes; vapid beer; vapid tea

    [ Syn: bland , flavorless , flavourless , insipid , savorless , savourless , vapid ]

  13. lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting; a bland little drama; a flat joke

    [ Syn: bland ]

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