lacking contrast or shading between tones
(of a musical note) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone; B flat'
flat (adj.)
a level tract of land; the salt flats of Utah'
a shallow box in which seedlings are started
a musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named
freight car without permanent sides or roof
a deflated pneumatic tire
[ Syn: flat tire ]
scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting
a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
[ Syn: apartment ]
flat (n.)
with flat sails; sail flat against the wind'
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 (adv.)
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
having lost effervescence; flat beer; a flat cola'
sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch; the owls faint monotonous hooting
[ Syn: monotone , monotonic , monotonous ]
horizontally level; a flat roof'
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 ]
not reflecting light; not glossy; flat wall paint; a photograph with a matte finish
commercially inactive; flat sales for the month; prices remained flat; a flat market'
having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness; flat computer monitors'
not modified or restricted by reservations; a categorical denial; a flat refusal
[ Syn: categoric , categorical , unconditional ]
stretched out and lying at full length along the ground; found himself lying flat on the floor
[ Syn: prostrate ]
flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)
[ Syn: compressed ]
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 ]
lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting; a bland little drama; a flat joke
[ Syn: bland ]